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{
"term": "immigration",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the process of coming to live permanently in a different country from the one you were born in; the number of people who do this",
"sensetop": "immigration into…immigration from…",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**legal/illegal immigration**"
},
{
"text": "We are strongly supportive of immigration and multiculturalism."
},
{
"text": "laws restricting immigration into the US",
"contextForm": "immigration into…"
},
{
"text": "There was an increase in immigration from Eastern Europe.",
"contextForm": "immigration from…"
},
{
"text": "immigration policy/reform"
},
{
"text": "The power to enforce immigration laws lies with the federal government."
},
{
"text": "They announced measures to discourage illegal immigration."
},
{
"text": "She managed to put one woman in touch with a local immigration lawyer."
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["illegal", "undocumented", "legal"],
"verb + immigration": ["control", "curb", "curtail"],
"immigration + noun": ["bill", "control", "crisis"],
"preposition": ["immigration from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the place at a port, an airport, etc. where the passports and other documents of people coming into a country are checked",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We landed at Heathrow and went through customs and immigration."
},
{
"text": "immigration officers"
},
{
"text": "The men were interviewed by immigration officials."
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues", "Transport by air"],
"collocations": {
"verb + immigration": ["go through", "pass through"],
"immigration + noun": ["checks", "procedures"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn/",
"audio": "im/immigration/immigration__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn/",
"audio": "im/immigration/immigration__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}