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adjective
- 1. relating to or characteristic of a nation; common to a whole nation: "this policy may have been in the national interest" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a citizen of a particular country: "a German national"
- 2. a national newspaper as opposed to a local one: "the inability of the local press to compete with the nationals for news"
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1. : one that owes allegiance to or is under the protection of a nation without regard to the more formal status of citizen or subject. 2. : a competition that is national in scope usually used in plural. Synonyms. Adjective. civil.
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to other countries: a national holiday. Britain has more than ten national newspapers. The company's national headquarters is in Rome. The children were wearing traditional national costume / dress.
National means relating to the whole of a country or nation rather than to part of it or to other nations.
Definition of national adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The word national describes anything that is common to, shared by, or represents a group of people or a place that is considered a nation, like the national anthem sung before the national pastime of baseball. National statistics provide information about a country as a whole.
NATIONAL meaning: 1 : of or relating to an entire nation or country; 2 : owned and controlled or operated by a national government
adj. 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, involving, or relating to a nation as a whole. 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular nation: the national dress of Poland. 3. rare nationalistic or patriotic. n. 4. a citizen or subject. 5. (Journalism & Publishing) a national newspaper. ˈnationally adv. National. (ˈnæʃənəl) n.
national in American English. (ˈnæʃənl, ˈnæʃnəl) adjective. 1. of, pertaining to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit. national affairs. 2. owned, preserved, or maintained by the federal government. a national wildlife refuge.
NATIONAL definition: 1. relating to the whole of a country: 2. connected with the traditions of a particular nation…. Learn more.
na•tion•al (nash′ ə nl, nash′ nəl), adj. Government of, pertaining to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs. Government owned, preserved, or maintained by the federal government: a national wildlife refuge.
