HyperDic: national

English > 8 senses of the word *national*:
ADJECTIVE	pert	national	of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
	all	national	limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
	all	national	concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
	all	national	owned or maintained for the public by the national government
	all	national, home, interior, internal	inside the country
	pert	national	characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
	pert	national	of or relating to nationality
NOUN	person	national, subject	a person who owes allegiance to that nation

national > pronunciation
Sounds	nae'shahnahl; nae'shnahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *national*: 8 senses > adjective 1, pert
Meaning	Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
Examples	"national hero" "national anthem" "a national landmark"
Spanish	nacional
Catalan	nacional
Nouns	nation	a politically organized body of people under a single government
	national	a person who owes allegiance to that nation
	nationality	people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
	nationality	the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
Adverbs	nationally	extending throughout an entire nation

English > *national*: 8 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation.
Examples	"national interests" "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
Narrower	nationalist, nationalistic	devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others
See also	domestic	Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
Opposite	international	Concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations
Spanish	nacional
Catalan	nacional
Nouns	nationality	people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
Adverbs	nationally	with regard to a nation taken as a whole

English > *national*: 8 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country.
Examples	"the national government" "national elections" "of national concern" "the national highway system" "national forests"
Narrower	federal	national
Opposite	local	relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
Spanish	nacional
Catalan	nacional
Nouns	nationality	people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation

English > *national*: 8 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	owned or maintained for the public by the national government.
Example	"national parks"
Broader	public	not private
Spanish	nacional
Catalan	nacional

English > *national*: 8 senses > adjective 5
Meaning	Inside the country.
Synonyms	home, interior, internal
Broader	domestic	Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
Spanish	nacional
Catalan	nacional

English > *national*: 8 senses > adjective 6, pert
Meaning	characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation.
Example	"a national trait"
Spanish	nacional
Catalan	nacional
Nouns	nation	the people who live in a nation or country
Nouns	nationality	people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation

English > *national*: 8 senses > adjective 7, pert
Meaning	Of or relating to nationality.
Example	"national origin"
Spanish	nacional
Catalan	nacional
Nouns	nationality	people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
Nouns	nationality	the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

English > *national*: 8 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A person who owes allegiance to that nation.
Synonym	subject
Member of	nation, land, country	The people who live in a nation or country
Narrower	citizen	A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
	compatriot	A person from your own country / country
	patriot, nationalist	One who loves and defends his or her country
Broader	person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul	A human being
Spanish	ciudadano
Catalan	ciutadà
Adjectives	national	of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

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