emigration

noun

em·​i·​gra·​tion ˌe-mə-ˈgrā-shən 

plural emigrations

: an act or instance of emigrating : departure from a place of abode, natural home, or country for life or residence elsewhere

… with the advent of steamships, by the 1880s intensive emigration had spread from every corner of the globe.

—B. S. Rabinowitz

Further Chinese emigration to Taiwan was to be carefully limited.

—Jonathan D. Spence

Examples of emigration in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Demographers say Cuba is undergoing one of the world’s fastest population declines — a 25% drop in just four years — as birth rates fall and emigration soars. —Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2026

Meanwhile, the crises have unleashed a surge in emigration, particularly of young people and skilled workers, to the United States, Mexico and Europe. —ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

Critics say such emigration from Gaza is not voluntary after the war left much of the strip uninhabitable. —Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026

The most significant factor is the massive emigration of younger generations. —Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1614, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for emigration

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation

Medical Definition

emigration

noun

em·​i·​gra·​tion ˌem-ə-ˈgrā-shən 

: diapedesis