national
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,651 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,293 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country national heronational anthem
- limited to or in the interests of a particular nation national interestsisolationism is a strictly national policy
- concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country the national governmentnational elections
- owned or maintained for the public by the national government national parks
- inside the country also: home, interior, internal the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interiorthe nation's internal politics
- characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation a national trait
noun
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation also: subject a monarch has a duty to his subjects
national in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But likely you've no use for our national humorous literature?
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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The National Guards had just taken possession of the cannon deposited in the Place Royale.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting.
A Tale of Two Cities · Charles Dickens · Chapter 1
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She observed then that, despite his national phlegm, he was in a state of rather intense excitation.
The Pretty Lady · Arnold Bennett · Chapter 1
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The growth of later national legends, which we are able to trace, historically, has generally come about in this fashion.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1