{
    "term": "immigrant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who has come to live permanently in a different country from the one they were born in",
            "sensetop": "immigrant from…immigrant to…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "immigrants from other European countries",
                    "contextForm": "immigrant from…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "immigrants to the United States",
                    "contextForm": "immigrant to…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Immigrants and their descendants have played a vital role in building this nation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president vowed to continue deporting **illegal immigrants**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The program protects **undocumented immigrants** who came to the US as children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**immigrant workers/communities/groups**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Italian immigrants assimilated easily into Brazilian society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Like many first-generation immigrants, they worked hard and saved most of their earnings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was the daughter of Chinese immigrants to America."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is eager to attract skilled immigrants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are trying to secure immigrant status for their families."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["illegal", "undocumented", "legal"],
                "… of immigrants": ["flood", "influx", "tide"],
                "verb + immigrant": ["accept", "welcome", "attract"],
                "immigrant + verb": ["arrive", "enter something", "move to something"],
                "immigrant + noun": ["community", "family", "generation"],
                "preposition": ["immigrant from", "immigrant to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪmɪɡrənt/",
                "audio": "im/immigrant/immigrant__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪmɪɡrənt/",
                "audio": "im/immigrant/immigrant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 18th cent.: from Latin immigrant- ‘immigrating’, from the verb immigrare, on the pattern of emigrant."
}