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# immigrant

noun (an immigrant, immigrants); adjective (immigrant families)

«immigrant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An immigrant is a person who has come to live in a new country from another country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#m1)
2. As an adjective, immigrant describes people or families who have moved to a new country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and geography lessons pupils learn that immigrants have moved for work, safety, family or a better life, and that countries like the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland have many immigrants. In everyday life many classmates or their families are immigrants. Phrases: immigrant family, first-generation immigrant, immigrants from.

### Examples

- My grandparents were immigrants from Italy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#x1)
- Many immigrants arrived in New York by ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#x2)
- The immigrant family opened a bakery in our town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#x3)
- Immigrants bring their food, music and languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#x4)
- She is a first-generation immigrant; her children were born here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#x5)
- Out of 30 pupils, 9 were born in another country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#x6)
- Australia has welcomed immigrants from all over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun; «an immigrant». An immigrant comes INTO a country; an emigrant goes OUT of a country — the same person can be both. A «migrant» moves from one place to another. «Immigration» is the noun for the movement.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «immigrant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immigrant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«immigrant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/immigrant.html) on Mova free.