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NATIONAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who owes allegiance to that nation
Example:
a monarch has a duty to his subjects
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("national" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "national"):
citizen (a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community)
compatriot (a person from your own country)
nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)
Holonyms ("national" is a member of...):
country; land; nation (the people who live in a nation or country)
Derivation:
national (of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inside the country
Example:
the nation's internal politics
Synonyms:
home; interior; internal; national
Classified under:
Similar:
domestic (of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
Example:
national forests
Classified under:
Similar:
federal (national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units)
Antonym:
local (relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area)
Derivation:
nationality (people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
Example:
isolationism is a strictly national policy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
nationalist; nationalistic (devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others)
Also:
domestic (of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation)
Antonym:
international (concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations)
Derivation:
nationality (people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Owned or maintained for the public by the national government
Example:
national parks
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
public (not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
Example:
a national landmark
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
nation (a politically organized body of people under a single government)
Derivation:
national (a person who owes allegiance to that nation)
nationality (people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation)
nationality (the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Of or relating to nationality
Example:
national origin
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
nationality (the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization)
Derivation:
nationality (people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
Example:
a national trait
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
nation (the people who live in a nation or country)
Derivation:
nationality (people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation)
Context examples:
An organization with monitoring, regulatory, or supervisory authority over biomedical research at the local, regional, national, or international level.
(Oversight Authority, NCI Thesaurus)
In 2001-2002, when West-European entry visas for Romanian nationals were waived, the Romanian PGR dropped from -0.11% to a dramatic -2.66%.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
I answered that it had ceased to be a private matter, but had become a public one, since the ruined coronet was national property.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"A few of these caves are in national parks, but there's a lot of poaching everywhere."
(Snakes Hunt in Groups, Study Suggests, VOA)
National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire - 25 Version 2000 Self-Administered Format test name.
(CDISC Questionnaire VFQ25-Self Administered Format Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Function: Provide a national scientific forum to identify research opportunities and to provide recommendations on research priorities, resource needs, and how best to address them across the range of issues in AIDS-related malignancies.
(AIDS-Related Malignancies Working Group, NCI Thesaurus)
The elephant has long been an important spiritual, cultural and national symbol in Thailand.
(Overhunting of large animals has catastrophic effects on trees, NSF)
Advanced practice nurses are licensed at the state level and certified by national nursing organizations.
(Advanced practice nurse, NCI Dictionary)
The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation is a national, non-profit health foundation whose mission is declared as the prevention and early detection of cancer through scientific research and education.
(Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)
APNs are licensed at the state level and certified by national nursing organizations.
(APN, NCI Dictionary)
