Emigration - English meaning

noun

The desertion of one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one.

Usage examples:

The very public defections of four writers from the publishing house

noun

The act of leaving a country, political party, etc. to go to another one

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Over the years there were hundreds of defections to the west/defections from the east., recent chan…

noun

The action of leaving, especially to start a journey.

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The day of departure

noun

The act of leaving a place, job, etc., or an occasion when this happens

Usage examples:

[ u ] departure is scheduled for 2 p.m., [ c ] our departure was delayed because of bad weather., […

noun

The act of leaving a company or a job

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The current finance director will retire, but she has set no date for her departure., a sudden/surp…

noun

The dispersion of the jewish people beyond israel.

noun

The scattering of people from their original country to other places

noun

The action of evacuating a person or a place.

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There were waves of evacuation during the blitz

noun

The process of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe

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An evacuation plan/map/procedure, building/office/emergency evacuation

noun

A mass departure of people.

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The annual exodus of sun-seeking canadians to florida

proper noun

The second book of the bible, which recounts the departure of the israelites from slavery in egypt, their journey across the red sea and through the wilderness led by moses, and the giving of the ten commandments. the events have been variously dated by scholars between about 1580 and 1200 bc.

noun

The movement of a lot of people from a place at the same time

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The hurricane warning caused a mass exodus.

noun

The use of force or law to remove someone from their own country, or an instance of this happening

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The government requested the expatriation of former political prisoners., there were more expatriat…

noun

Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

Usage examples:

This butterfly's annual migration across north america

noun

Movement from one region to another and often back again, esp. according to the season of the year

Usage examples:

[ u ] she’s interested in bat migration.

noun

The process of a person or people travelling to a new place or country, usually in order to find work and live there temporarily or permanently

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Higher housing prices will probably slow the migration of workers., outsourcing involves the migrat…

noun

The action of moving to a new place and establishing one's home or business there.

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The planned relocation of national headquarters to warwickshire

noun

The process of moving to a different place to work, or of moving employees to a different place to work

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Those in charge of planning the relocation will need to establish exactly what key tasks need to be…

verb

Settle or cause to settle in a different place.

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They offered to resettle 300,000 refugees

verb

Present participle of resettle

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His family originally came from ireland, but resettled in the us in the 19th century., the us gover…

noun

The action of withdrawing something.

Usage examples:

The withdrawal of legal aid

noun

An act of taking something back, removing something, or moving something back

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[ c ] a troop withdrawal, [ c ] he had made several large withdrawals from his bank account (= he h…

noun

The act of taking money out of an account, or the amount of money taken

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The savings account only allows you to make three withdrawals a year., there's a cash withdrawal li…