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| 1. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country | |
| Examples: | "national hero" "national anthem" "a national landmark" |
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| Related terms: | country state | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] limited to or in the interests of a particular nation | |
| Examples: | "national interests" "isolationism is a strictly national policy" |
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| Related terms: | international nationalist domestic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] 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" |
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| Related terms: | local federal general | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] inside the country | |
| Synonyms: | internal interior home | |
| Examples: | "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior" "the nation's internal politics" |
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| Related terms: | domestic | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] owned or maintained for the public by the national government | |
| Examples: | "national parks" |
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| Related terms: | public | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a person who owes allegiance to that nation | |
| Synonyms: | subject | |
| Examples: | "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" |
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| Related terms: | person citizen patriot compatriot nation | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation | |
| Examples: | "a national trait" |
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| Related terms: | nation | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] of or relating to nationality | |
| Examples: | "national origin" |
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| Related terms: | nationality | |
| Similar spelling: |
nationally nationalize nationality nationalist nationalism nationalise notional |
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