International
[ɪntə'næʃ(ə)n(ə)l] or [,ɪntɚ'næʃnəl]
Definition
(noun.) any of several international socialist organizations.
(adj.) concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; 'international affairs'; 'an international agreement'; 'international waters' .
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Definition
(a.) Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations.
(a.) Of or concerning the association called the International.
(n.) The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the International Workingmen's Association, the name of an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations.
(n.) A member of the International Association.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Between nations.
Typist: Zamenhof
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Interpolitical, interdiplomatic
ANT:Independent, non-interventive, intestine, domestic
Checker: Truman
Definition
adj. pertaining to the relations between nations.—n. a short-lived association formed in London in 1864 to unite the working classes of all countries in efforts for their economic emancipation.—adv. Internat′ionally.
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Examples
- It was also used in October, 1899, on board the Grande Duchesse to report the international yacht race between the Columbia and the Shamrock at Sandy Hook, as seen in Fig. 13. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These thirty years after 1848 are years of very great interest to the student of international political methods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These fine differences about the constitution of the Deity interwove with politics and international disputes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nothing daunted, however, he organized a magnificent exhibit for the Great International Exhibition held in Crystal Palace at Hyde Park, London, in 1851. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In May, 1879, an international congress was convened, under the auspices of Ferdinand de Lesseps, to consider the question of the best location and plan of the canal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Call them pro-Germans, international financiers, or profiteers, and they will give you any ransom you choose to ask not to speak of them so harshly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An incident in the international peace propaganda illuminates this point. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Gold had been retained only for international trade, and every government had produced excessive quantities of paper money for domestic use. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fifth, all international agreements and treaties of every kind must be made known in their entirety to the rest of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are largely international in quality and method. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But with the social revolution in view he did succeed in inspiring the formation of an international league of workers, the First International. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A few years later, at the International Exhibition of 1853 in New York, he displayed the first elevator with a safety device to prevent the car from falling in case of a broken cable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1863, at the great International Exposition at Hamburg, the McCormick reaper again took the grand prize. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACES, OCTOBER, 1899. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He is the chief commissar of the International Brigades. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I didn't think there was a soul in England who didn't know Godfrey Staunton, the crack three-quarter, Cambridge, Blackheath, and five Internationals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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