All 4 Uses
immigrate
in
Typical American, by Gish Jen
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- Forgot the immigration office?†
Chpt 1.4 *immigration = the act of coming to live in a new country; or indication that something is related to that act
- Now Ralph was receiving letters from the Department of Immigration.†
Chpt 1.4
- No more of this I'm a poor immigrant.†
Chpt 1.5immigrant = a person who came to live in a new country
- "No status" — that was how they stood with the Immigration Department, suddenly naked as winter trees.†
Chpt 1.8immigration = the act of coming to live in a new country; or indication that something is related to that act
Definitions:
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(1)
(immigrate) come to live in a new country
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, immigrate can mean that anything (such as an animal or plant) migrates into a new environment.