EMIGRATIONS Synonyms

• the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time

• the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel

• the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)

• migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

• a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

• the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus

• the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

• a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

• (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

• the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

• the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

• the act of changing your residence or place of business

• the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

• the act of expelling a person from their native land

• migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

• migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)