- immigrant
- nounADJECTIVE▪ illegal▪ undocumented (esp. AmE)▪
the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in California
▪ legal▪the number of legal immigrants to the US
▪ foreign▪ Hispanic, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, etc.▪ newly arrived, recent, recently arrived▪ would-be▪ first-generation, second-generation▪Like many first-generation immigrants, they worked hard and saved most of their earnings.
▪ working-class▪These were working-class immigrants, mainly from rural parts of Mexico.
▪ poor▪poor immigrants from Latin American countries
▪ skilled▪The government is eager to attract skilled immigrants.
▪ unskilled… OF IMMIGRANTS▪ flood, influx, tide, waveVERB + IMMIGRANT▪ accept, welcome▪ attract, draw, encourage▪These factors attracted new immigrants.
▪ bring, smuggle▪boats bringing illegal immigrants over from North Africa
▪ assimilate (esp. AmE)▪a careful mechanism for assimilating immigrants
▪ employ, hire▪Businesses may want to hire skilled immigrants.
▪ assist, help▪ detain▪the circumstances under which immigrants were detained
▪ target▪anti-terrorist legislation that targeted immigrants
▪ deport, return▪ships laden with would-be immigrants who were forcibly returned
▪ exclude▪a law designed to exclude Chinese immigrants
IMMIGRANT + VERB▪ arrive, enter sth, move to sth, pour into sth, settle sth▪immigrants seeking to enter the country
▪the immigrants who poured into America
▪ come from sth▪ flee sth▪European immigrants fleeing Nazism in the 1930s
▪ live in sth, settle in sth▪a family of Turkish immigrants living in California
▪European immigrants settled much of Australia.
▪ work▪a young Afghan immigrant who has worked at the store for years
▪ found sth▪The company was founded by two immigrants from Bangladesh.
▪ speak sth▪recent immigrants who do not speak English
▪ seek sth▪Mexican immigrants seeking farm work
▪ experience sth▪ face sth▪the issues faced by Dominican immigrants
▪ assimilate▪Italian immigrants assimilated easily into Brazilian society.
IMMIGRANT + NOUN▪ community, family, generation, group, minority, population▪ labourer/laborer, student, worker▪ labour/labor▪ neighbourhood/neighborhood▪ status▪They are trying to secure immigrant status for their families.
▪ experience▪different aspects of the immigrant experience
▪ rights▪ culture, identityPREPOSITION▪ immigrant from▪ immigrant to▪She was the daughter of Chinese immigrants to America.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
