Meaning & use
emigration
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The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another.
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Mass emigration from the region accelerated after the economic collapse.
Her grandparents' emigration from Ireland shaped much of the family's history.
A note on using this word
Easily confused with 'immigration': emigration describes leaving a country, while immigration describes arriving in a new one.
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