ASYLUM SEEKER

Meaning of ASYLUM SEEKER in English

( asylum seekers)

An asylum seeker is a person who is trying to get asylum in a foreign country.

Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.

N-COUNT

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

ASYLUM SEEKER — person who is seeking refuge
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ASYLUM SEEKER — noun a person who has been forced to leave their own country because they are in danger and who arrives …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASYLUM SEEKER — aˈsylum ˌseeker BrE AmE noun [countable] someone who leaves their own country because they are in danger, especially for political …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASYLUM SEEKER — (~s) An ~ is a person who is trying to get asylum in a foreign country. Fewer than 7% of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ASYLUM-SEEKER — See ↑ ENTER 6
Longman Activator English vocab
ASYLUM SEEKER — сущ. ( тот, кто просит предоставить политическое убежище )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ASYLUM SEEKER — сущ. (тот, кто просит предоставить политическое убежище)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SEEKER — noun see: seek
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ASYLUM — Protection from arrest and extradition given to political refugees by a country or by an embassy that has diplomatic immunity. …
Английский словарь Британика
SEEKER — -kə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English secher, seker, from sechen, seken to seek + -er : one that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASYLUM — əˈsīləm noun ( plural asy·lums -ləmz) Etymology: Middle English asilum, from Latin asylum, from Greek asylon, neuter of asylos exempt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEEKER — (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the …
Английский словарь Webster
SEEKER — (n.) One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
Английский словарь Webster
ASYLUM — (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum …
Английский словарь Webster
SEEKER — ( n. ) One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEEKER — ( n. ) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ASYLUM — ( n. ) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEEKER — /see"keuhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that seeks. 2. Rocketry. a. a device in a missile that locates …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASYLUM — /euh suy"leuhm/ , n. 1. (esp. formerly) an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEEKER — n. one who goes in search of, one who looks for; one who tries to discover; requester, one who tries …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SEEKER — see seek
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASYLUM — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek asylon, neuter of asylos inviolable, from a- + sylon right of seizure …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEEKER — noun one who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching. 2. seeker ·noun one of a small heterogeneous …
Webster English vocab
ASYLUM — noun any place of retreat and security. 2. asylum ·noun a sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals …
Webster English vocab
ASYLUM — [asy.lum] n [ME, fr. L, fr. Gk asylon, neut. of asylos inviolable, fr. a- + sylon right of seizure] (15c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASYLUM — in international law, the protection granted by a state to a foreign citizen against his own state. The person for …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEEKER — member of any of numerous small groups of separatist Puritans in 17th-century England seeking and waiting for new prophets revealing …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEEKER — seeker BrE AmE ˈsiːk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ seeker|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEEKER — / ˈsiːkə(r); NAmE / noun (often in compounds) a person who is trying to find or get the thing mentioned …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASYLUM — / əˈsaɪləm; NAmE / noun 1. (also formal poˌlitical aˈsylum ) [ U ] protection that a government gives to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEEKER — seek ‧ er /ˈsiːkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: verb : ↑ seek ; noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASYLUM — a ‧ sy ‧ lum /əˈsaɪləm/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: Greek asylon , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASYLUM — n. 1 sanctuary; protection, esp. for those pursued by the law (seek asylum). 2 hist. any of various kinds of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ASYLUM — n. 1 sanctuary; protection, esp. for those pursued by the law (seek asylum). 2 hist. any of various kinds of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ASYLUM — n.1 sanctuary; protection, esp. for those pursued by the law (seek asylum). 2 hist. any of various kinds of institution …
Oxford English vocab
SEEKER — ( seekers) A seeker is someone who is looking for or trying to get something. I am a seeker after …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASYLUM — ( asylums) 1. If a government gives a person from another country asylum , they allow them to stay, usually …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEEKER — (~s) A ~ is someone who is looking for or trying to get something. I am a ~ after truth... …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SEEKER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES asylum seeker ▪ The government halted its policy of returning Zimbabwean asylum seekers to their …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ASYLUM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES asylum seeker ▪ The government halted its policy of returning Zimbabwean asylum seekers to their …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEEKER — [noun] [C usually in combinations]asylum seekerspublicity seekersjob-seekersSun-seekers should visit this island paradise.He described them as 'compulsive seekers of/(UK also) after …
Cambridge English vocab
ASYLUM — (PROTECTION) [noun] [U] - protection or safety, esp. that given by a government to foreigners who have been forced to …
Cambridge English vocab
ASYLUM — n. Protection from arrest and extradition given to political refugees by a country or by an embassy that has diplomatic …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SEEKER — Synonyms and related words : applicant, aspirant, bidder, candidate, chaser, claimant, delver, digger, follower, hopeful, hunter, perquisitor, petitioner, postulant, pursuant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASYLUM — Synonyms and related words : VA hospital, almshouse, base hospital, bedlam, bird sanctuary, bolt-hole, bughouse, cache, clinic, community hospital, concealment, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEEKER — n. Function: noun Synonyms: CANDIDATE , applicant, aspirant, hopeful Related Words: bidder; petitioner; solicitant; claimant
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ASYLUM — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: SHELTER 1, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary 2 Synonyms: REFUGE 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SEEKER — n. Inquirer.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SEEKER — noun Synonyms: candidate , applicant, aspirant, hopeful Related Word: bidder; petitioner; solicitant; claimant
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASYLUM — noun 1. Synonyms: shelter 1, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary 2. Synonyms: refuge 1, harborage, sanctuary, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEEKER — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SEEKER — noun Seeker is used after these nouns: ↑ asylum , ↑ job , ↑ thrill
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ASYLUM — noun 1 protection given by a government ADJECTIVE ▪ political ▪ temporary VERB + ASYLUM ▪ apply for , claim …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ASYLUM — n. 25B6; noun he appealed for political asylum : REFUGE, sanctuary, shelter, safety, protection, security, immunity; a safe haven. his …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEEKER
Dirty English-Russian vocab
SEEKER — n. a status ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
ASYLUM — noun BAD : Asylums are typically seen as places where people go to die. GOOD : Hospices are typically seen …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SEEKER — сущ. 1) человек, ищущий что-л.; исследователь; досмотрщик 2) воен.; разг. самонаводящийся снаряд ищущий (чего-л.); охотник (за чем-л.) - amusement *s …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ASYLUM — сущ. 1) прибежище, пристанище, убежище; приют to grant asylum to ≈ дать приют кому-л. to receive asylum ≈ обрести кров …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEEKER — Видоискатель
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ASYLUM — asylum.ogg əʹsaıləm n 1. убежище, приют; богадельня orphan asylum - сиротский приют asylum for the poor - богадельня 2. ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SEEKER — употребляется в сочетаниях - sun seeker - target seeker
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SEEKER — употребляется в сочетаниях - sun seeker - target seeker
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ASYLUM — n 1. убежище, приют; богадельня orphan asylum - сиротский приют asylum for the poor - богадельня 2. ( pl тж. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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