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- [nash-uh-nl, nash-nuh l]
- /ˈnæʃ ə nl, ˈnæʃ nəl/
- /ˈnæʃnəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nash-uh-nl, nash-nuh l]
- /ˈnæʃ ə nl, ˈnæʃ nəl/
Definitions of national word
- adjective national of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs. 1
- adjective national owned, preserved, or maintained by the federal government: a national wildlife refuge. 1
- adjective national peculiar or common to the whole people of a country: national customs. 1
- adjective national devoted to one's own nation, its interests, etc.; patriotic: to stir up national pride. 1
- abbreviation NATIONAL nationalist. 1
- adjective national concerning or encompassing an entire nation: a national radio network. 1
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Origin of national
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; nation + -al1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for National
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
national popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
national usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for national
adj national
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- civil — You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- internal — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
adjective national
- coast-to-coast — A coast-to-coast journey or route is one that goes from one coast of a country or region to the opposite coast.
- ethnic — Of or relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition.
noun national
- resident — a person who resides in a place.
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- inhabitant — a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
- subject — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
Antonyms for national
noun national
- visitor — a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
Top questions with national
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See also
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