{
    "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
}