INTERNATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does International mean? 

• INTERNATIONAL (noun)
  The noun INTERNATIONAL has 1 sense:

1. any of several international socialist organizations

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL used as a noun is very rare.

• INTERNATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective INTERNATIONAL has 2 senses:

1. concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations

2. from or between other countries

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNATIONAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several international socialist organizations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("International" is a kind of...):

socialism; socialist economy (an economic system based on state ownership of capital)

Meronyms (members of "International"):

internationalist (a member of a socialist or communist international)

• INTERNATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations

Context example:

international waters

Similar:

global; planetary; world; world-wide; worldwide (involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope)

internationalist; internationalistic (influenced by or advocating internationalism)

multinational; transnational (involving or operating in several nations or nationalities)

supranational (transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest)

Also:

foreign (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own))

Antonym:

national (limited to or in the interests of a particular nation)

Derivation:

internationality (quality of being international in scope)

Sense 2

Meaning:

From or between other countries

Synonyms:

external; international; outside

Context example:

developing nations need outside help

Similar:

foreign (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own))

Derivation:

internationality (quality of being international in scope)

 Context examples 

Note that the newer International Staging System defines stage III quite differently: Beta-2-microglobulin greater than or equal to 5.5 (median survival of 29 months).

(DS Stage III Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)

A unit of linear measure in the metric system, one of the seven base units of the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).

(Meter, NCI Thesaurus)

The metric system evolved into the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).

(Metric System, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit equal to one-millionth of an international unit.

(Microinternational Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

International Index of Erectile Function test name.

(CDISC Questionnaire IIEF Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

International Index of Erectile Function test code.

(CDISC Questionnaire IIEF Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Travel will be joyous and even luxurious, for Jupiter, the great good fortune planet, will be present with Pluto and Saturn in your ninth house of travel and international relationships.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

An international team led by Tufts University set out to directly examine the relationship between levels of omega-3s in the body and the onset of heart disease.

(Omega-3s linked with lower risk of fatal heart attacks, NIH)

A turned ‹a› (‹ɐ›) is used by the International Phonetic Alphabet for the near-open central vowel, while a turned capital ‹A› (‹∀›) is used in predicate logic to indicate universal quantification.

(A, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This system was created and is updated by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the International Union Against Cancer (UICC).

(AJCC staging system, NCI Dictionary)