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nation Definition

na·tion (nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a stable, historically developed community of people with a territory, economic life, distinctive culture, and language in common
  2. the people of a territory united under a single government; country
    1. a people or tribe; specif., a group of North American Indians, sometimes one belonging to a confederation
    2. ☆ the territory of a particular Indian people or peoples

Etymology: ME nacion < OFr < L natio < natus, born: see nature

nation Related Forms

na′·tion·hood′ noun

nation Idioms

the nations

  1. Bible the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
  2. Old Poet. all the peoples of the earth

Nation Definition

Na·tion (nā′s̸hən)

Nation, Carry (kar′ē) (born Carry Amelia Moore) 1846-1911; U.S. temperance leader

nation Synonyms

nation

n.

  1. An organized state

    realm, country, commonwealth, republic, democracy, state, monarchy, dominion, body politic, land, domain, empire, kingdom, principality, sovereignty, colony; see also government 1.

  2. A people having some unity

    nationality, populace, community, public; see population, race 2, society 2.

nation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • industrialize: For the first time for fifty years Britain has the lowest unemployment of any major industrialized nation.
  • unite: An owner's policy new york darryl united nations ' to interaction that will.
  • sweep: Sudoku is the craze that's sweeping the nation.
  • divide: These attackers wanted to maim innocent people, to cause as much destruction as possible and to terrorize and divide a nation.
  • develop: Protection for developed nations at the expense of the developing nations must come to end.

Preposition: on

earth: During this period, Britain had become the richest nation on earth, whilst also finding itself embroiled in the Boer War.

Adjective modifier

  • sovereign: In a nutshell, he suggests that war against Iraq is another nail in the coffin of the sovereign nation.
  • Arab: It has been the Americans ' hope that Iraq would become Bush's staunchest ally among Arab nations.
  • developed: Background There is global trend toward an aging population in developed nations, especially as the baby boomers begin to exit the labor market.
  • wealthy: If trade worked for poor people instead of wealthy nations, millions of people would be lifted out of poverty.
  • rich: However we are still faced with the problem of how a poor country can join this club of rich nations.
  • African: Michael Crichton 33 Which was the only African football nation that progressed to the last 16 in the 1998 World Cup?

Modifies a noun

state: Nation states grew into empires, with ever more power concentrated in ever fewer hands.

Noun used with modifier

  • footballing: Switzerland rounded off their pre-World Cup preparations with a 4-1 win against upcoming footballing nation China in Zurich.
  • host: In later centuries they were taken around the world for similar reasons, much to the regret of most of the new host nations.
  • trading: Bang goes another trading nation into the commercialized globalization.
  • creditor: This is opposed by several major creditor nations, notably Germany, Japan, Italy and the Club's newest member, Russia.
  • island: While the tsunami undoubtedly caused much death and devastation in this island nation, only the easternmost islands were affected.

Possessives

heritage: The Government believes that this represents a considerable loss to the nation's heritage.

Preposition: of

shopkeeper: Napoleon called Britain ' the vampire of the north ' and ' that nation of shopkeepers ' .