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What (who) is national - definition
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Nat'l; National (disambiguation); National guitars; National Guitars
national
(nationals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
National means relating to the whole of a country or nation rather than to part of it or to other nations.
Ruling parties have lost ground in national and local elections.
...major national and international issues.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• nationally
...a nationally televised speech...
Duncan Campbell is nationally known for his investigative work.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
2.
National means typical of the people or customs of a particular country or nation.
...the national characteristics and history of the country...
Baseball is the national pastime.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
You can refer to someone who is legally a citizen of a country as a national of that country.
...a Sri-Lankan-born British national.
= citizen
N-COUNT: usu adj N
national
a.
Public, general.
National
·adj Attached to one's own country or nation.
II. National ·adj Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, ·etc.
Examples of use of national
1. National swoons, like national hysterias, obliterate thought.
2. We have had national storytimes, national bedtimes and now a National Parenting Academy.
3. The National Football League, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League don‘t even have PACs.
4. The struggle for national reunification to settle the national issue would be unthinkable without national independence.
5. "Our national parks are national treasures _ and their funding is a national responsibility," Rahall said.