emigration

UK: /ˌɛmɪˈgreɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌɛmɪˈgreɪʃən/ ,(em′i grā′shən)

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em•i•gra•tion  (em′i grā′shən), n. 

1. an act or instance of emigrating.
2. a body of emigrants;
   emigrants collectively.
3. [Physiol.] diapedesis.

• Late Latin ēmīgrātiōn- (stem of ēmīgrātiō) removal. See emigrate, -ion
• 1640–50

em′i•gra′tion•al, adj. 

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emigration / ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃən/ noun

1. the act or an instance of emigrating
2. emigrants considered collectively

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em•i•grate /ˈɛmɪˌgreɪt/   v. [no object] , -grat•ed, -grat•ing. 

1. to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
   My grandmother emigrated from Russia in 1930.

em•i•grant /ˈɛmɪgrənt/  n. [countable]
e•mi•gra•tion /ˌɛmɪˈgreɪʃən/  n. [countable* uncountable] See -migr-.
Related Words

emigrate is a verb, emigrant and émigré are nouns:
They emigrated from their home country. They were emigrants. They were émigrés from eastern Europe.

Usage

See immigrate.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

em•i•grate  (em′i grāt′), v.i., -grat•ed, -grat•ing. 

1. to leave one country or region to settle in another;
   migrate:
   to emigrate from Ireland to Australia.

• Latin ēmīgrātus moved away (past participle of ēmīgrāre), equivalent. to ē- e- + mīgrātus (mīgr- remove + ātus -ate¹)
• 1770–80

em′i•gra′tive, adj. 
Synonyms

See migrate.