international
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/
ipa: [ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
ipa: /ˌɪn.(t)ɚˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/
ipa: [ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
ipa: [ˌɪɾ̃ɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
rhymes: -æʃənəl
Forms: form: more international
form: most international
form: int'l
Etymology: From inter- + national. Introduced in modern English by Jeremy Bentham in his An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1780.
Senses: examples: text: an international discussion
glosses: Of or having to do with more than one nation.
between or among nations
examples: text: an international competition
glosses: Of or having to do with more than one nation.
participated in by two or more nations
examples: text: an international rule
glosses: Of or having to do with more than one nation.
common to, or affecting, two or more nations.
examples: text: an international airport
glosses: Of or having to do with more than one nation.
serving two or more nations
glosses: Of or concerning the association called the International.
examples: text: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.
ref: 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
text: The atmosphere is an international resource.
text: the international community of scholars
glosses: Independent of national boundaries; common to all people.
examples: text: an international student
text: The number of international players in the National Basketball Association has increased 10 percent from one year ago, the league said on Monday.
ref: 2014 October 27, Steve Ginsburg, “More international players than ever before, league says”, in Reuters:
glosses: Foreign; of another nation.
Derived terms: customary international law
Incoterm
INMARSAT
intermestic
international acre
international affairs
international airport
International Atomic Time
international auxiliary language
international call prefix
international call sign
international candle
international chess
international community
International Criminal Court
international crisis
International Day of the Girl
International Day of the Girl Child
International Falls
international Fisher effect
international foot
international football
international grandmaster
international humanitarian law
internationalise
internationalize
internationalism
internationality
internationalization
international law
internationally
international mile
internationalness
international nonproprietary name
international orange
international order
international organisation
international organization
international phonetic alphabet
international relations
international reply coupon
international rules football
international salute
international school
international scientific vocabulary
International Sign
international socialist
international standard
international student
international studies
International Style
international style
international system
International Time Bureau
international unit
international waters
Interpol
int'l
intl
noninternational
one-day international
private international law
public international law
uninternational