national
pronunciation
How to pronounce national in British English:
UK [ˈnæʃnəl]
How to pronounce national in American English:
US [ˈnæʃnəl]
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- Noun:
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
- limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
- concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
- owned or maintained for the public by the national government
- inside the country
- characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
- of or relating to nationality
Word Origin
- national (adj.)
- 1590s, from Middle French national (from Old French nation), and also from nation + -al (1). As a noun, "citizen of a (particular) nation," from 1887. National anthem first recorded 1819, in Shelley. Related: Nationally.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The study was primarily funded by the national institutes of health .
- 2. But the national income accounting is real .
- 3. France 's national newspapers are shrivelling .
- 4. They will put efficiency on the national agenda .
- 5. Quite often the worst decisions originate with national governments .