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[ adjective ] of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
Examples "national hero" "national anthem" "a national landmark" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Both , of_course , were remarkable feats and further embossed the fact that baseball rightfully is the national pastime . (The New York Times,...)Arnold_Palmer and Sam_Snead will be among those honored at the national awards dinner of the Metropolitan_Golf_Writers_Association tonight . ("Editorials"...)These gentlemen are calling_for a resumption of testing - in the atmosphere - on the greatest possible scale , all in_the_name_of national security . A more dangerous formula for national frustration cannot be imagined . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)This features the marching songs of several nations , recorded as though the various national bands were marching by your reviewing_stand . |
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[ adjective ] limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
Examples "national interests" "isolationism is a strictly national policy" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)- liberal considers that the need for a national economy with controls that will assure his conception of social justice is so great that individual and local liberties as_well_as democratic processes may have to yield before it . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Our collective policies , group and national , are similarly based on voodoo , but here we often lack even the empirically successful rituals and are still engaged in determining them . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)We should spread the view that planning and national development are serious matters which call_for effort as_well_as enthusiasm . Simultaneously we should be underlining the interrelationships of technical progress in various fields , showing how agricultural training can be introduced into education , how health affects labor productivity , how small business can benefit the rural farm community , and , above_all , how progress in each field relates to national progress . They must continue to satisfy basic capital needs ; and there persists the dual problem of maintaining operational unity around a national program of modernization while simultaneously decentralizing participation in the program to wider and wider groups . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
Examples "the national government" "national elections" "of national concern" "the national highway system" "national forests" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Once , Andrus walked by it , hastily scanned the bold black headline and the five column lead of the article ( by Duane_Bosch , staff correspondent - age not given ) , and muttered : `` We a buncha national celebrities '' . |
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[ adjective ] inside the country
Examples "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior" "the nation's internal politics" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)The_Office_of_Business_Economics ( OBE ) of the U.S._Department_of_Commerce provides basic measures of the national economy and current analysis of short-run changes in the economic situation and business outlook . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Progress is impeded by psychological inhibitions to effective action among those in power and by a failure on their part to understand how local resources , human and material , can be mobilized to achieve the national goals of modernization already symbolically accepted . Efforts such_as the Community_Development_Program in the Philippines have demonstrated that transitional societies can work toward balanced national development . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The tendency to treat elections as an instrument of self-interest rather_than an instrument of national interest had two important effects on electoral planning in Morocco . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] owned or maintained for the public by the national government
Examples "national parks" Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)A stream which has all_of its watershed within a national forest or other lands under good conservation practices is less likely to be affected by pollution than one passing_through unrestricted logging or past an industrial area . Just_as the national and state parks place emphasis on features which are of national or state significance , counties should seek_out these features which are distinctive of their area . For_instance , a site adjoining other publicly owned lands , such as a national forest or a public road , may be desirable , whereas a site next to an industrial plant might_not . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)Under this program , property sales specialists in the Small_Business_Administration regional offices help small business_concerns to locate Federal property for_sale and insure that small firms have the opportunity to bid competitively for surplus personal and real_property and certain natural_resources , including timber from the national forests . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person who owes allegiance to that nation
Synonyms Examples "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" Used in print (Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)The Commission shall , as soon as possible , and in the order of the making of such awards , certify to the Secretary_of_the_Treasury and to the Secretary_of_State copies of the awards made in favor of the Government of the United_States or of nationals of the United_States under this Title . Nothing in the Title shall be construed as the assumption of any liability by the United_States for the payment or satisfaction , in whole or in part , of any claim on behalf of any national of the United_States against any foreign government . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
Examples "a national trait" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)This is , however , symptomatic_of our national malaise . Related terms |
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