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The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

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  1. n. The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
  2. n. migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
  3. n. the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
  4. The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton.
  5. The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a countryfor the purpose of permanent residence.The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton.
  6. n:100 n. migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) n. the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval