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移民 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • emigrant noun Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
  • emigrate verb To leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
  • emigration noun The act of leaving one's home country to live permanently in another.
  • immigrant noun A person who moves from one country to live permanently in another.
  • immigrate verb To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
  • immigration noun The act of moving into a country you were not born in, in order to live there permanently.
  • migrant noun A person who moves from one place, country, or region to live or work in another.

Senses

移民 is used for these senses in English:

  • emigrant Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
  • emigrate (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
  • emigration The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
  • immigrant A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
  • immigrate (intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
  • immigration The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
  • migrant Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.

emigrant — full definition

  1. noun Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
  2. noun Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.

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