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[ noun ] migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

Synonyms

in-migration

Used in print

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

The state universities of Maine , New_Hampshire , And Vermont are older and more `` respectable '' ; they had less immigration to contend with .

Related terms

migration aliyah immigrate

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[ noun ] the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval

Examples

"the increased immigration strengthened the colony"

Related terms

body immigrate

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