national
IPA: nˈæʃʌnʌɫ
noun
- A subject of a nation.
- (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
- (usually in the plural, journalism) A national newspaper.
- (Australian politics, New Zealand politics) A member of the National Party
- (New Zealand politics) Clipping of New Zealand National Party
adjective
- Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
- Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.
- (now rare) Nationalistic; patriotic.
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Examples of "national" in Sentences
- To enlighten public opinion is the best way that has yet been discovered for the removal of national evils; and slavery is certainly a _national_ evil.
- If you do not like the Fijian national dish, -- _national_ in more than one sense, -- have the dear sons of Nature, as Carlyle probably would call them, not the right to reply, -- "We do not like your _sauerkraut_, if you are a German; your
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- It introduced into the national consciousness, Henry James wrote in 1879, by the national consciousness undoubtedly meaning his own as well, a certain sense of proportion and relation, of the world being a more complicated place than it had hitherto seemed, the future more treacherous, success more difficult
- His demand was laid before the national assembly, and on August 25 it was decided to substitute a new _pacte national_ for the _pacte de famille_, and to invite the king to arm forty-five ships for defence, and to revise the treaty; and a suggestion was made to Spain that she might confirm the new compact by the cession of Louisiana.
- Neither will national conceit remain only _national_ conceit, or _vanity_ be confined to admiration of a form of government; in the present mode of educating the youth of America, all sight is lost of humility, good-will, and the other Christian virtues, which are necessary to constitute a good man, whether he be an American, or of any other country.
- It was said that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by _national punishments_, and that the continuance of the slave trade, and thus giving it a national character, sanction, and encouragement, ought to be considered as justly exposing us to the displeasure and vengeance of him who is equally the Lord of all, and who views with equal eye the poor _African slave_ and his _American master!
- It was said that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by _national punishments_, and that the continuance of the slave trade, and thus giving it a national character, sanction, and encouragement, ought to be considered as justly exposing us to the displeasure and vengeance of him who is equally the Lord of all, and who views with equal eye the poor _African slave_ and his _American master_! [
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