national
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: journalism
law
media
Etymology: From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al.
Base: nation
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more national
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most national
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: nat'l
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: nationals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nat'l
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
pos: adj
examples: a national assembly · on the front page of every national newspaper
Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.
gloss: Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.
pos: adj
examples: this is their national dish · our national tendency to laugh at the French
gloss: Nationalistic; patriotic.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’
gloss: A subject of a nation.
pos: noun
examples: The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.
gloss: A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.
gloss: A national newspaper.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: I had a crush on Bardot / Fell in love with Monroe / Read about 'em in the nationals / All the juicy little scandals
gloss: Somebody born under the authority of a given State.
pos: noun
Derived words: anational
antinational
anti-national
binational
consensus national champion
crossnational
cross-national
DINB
ethnonational
extranational
foreign national
Grand National
gross national happiness
gross national income
gross national product
homonational
infranational
international
intranational
macronational
micronational
mononational
multinational
national academy
national accounting
national airline
national amnesia
national-anarchism
national-anarchist
national anthem
national archive
national assembly
National Assembly
national assistance
national average
national bank
national bourgeoisie
national bread
national call
National Capital Region
national character
national church
national code
national conservatism
national conservative
National Convention
national convention
national costume
National Country Party
national court
National Covenant
National Curriculum
national day
national debt
National Diet
national dress
national emblem
national emergency
national epic
national flag
national flour
National Forest
National Front
national grid
National Guard
national health
National Health Service
National Heroes Day
national holiday
National Hunt
national income
national insurance
national interest
nationalise
nationalize
nationalism
nationality
nationalization
nationalizer
National League
National Liberation Front
national loaf
nationally
National Mark
national minority
national monument
national mourning
nationalness
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
national park
National Park
National Party
national product
National Republican
National Republicans
national revival
national road
national school
national school bus chrome
national secondary school
national security
national service
national serviceman
National Sleepy Head Day
National Socialism
national socialist
national sports team
national superannuation
National Tests
national treasure
National Trust
national-type school
national unity government
non-national
nonnational
Old National Pronunciation
plurinational
postnational
prenational
pseudonational
quadrinational
sub-national
subnational
supernational
supranational
transnational
trinational
ultranational
uninational
unnational
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