# immigration

Pronunciation: say "im-i-GRAY-shuhn" US /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, UK /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/

## Noun

1. The act of coming to live permanently in a country where one was not born.
   - Simple: The act of moving to a new country to live there for good.
   - _The country's economy was transformed by decades of immigration after the war._
   - _Rising immigration reshaped the neighborhood, filling it with shops from a dozen homelands._
2. The process of passing through official checks at a border, where travelers' documents and right to enter are inspected.
   - Simple: The step at a border where officials check your passport before letting you enter a country.
   - _After a delayed flight, passengers rushed to clear immigration before their connections departed._
   - _The officer at immigration asked about the purpose of her visit and stamped the passport._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "immigrate" combined with the suffix "-ion".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/immigration (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).