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INTERNATIONALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does internationally mean?
• INTERNATIONALLY (adverb)
The adverb INTERNATIONALLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: INTERNATIONALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Throughout the world
Synonyms:
globally; internationally
Context example:
this is globally significant
Pertainym:
international (concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations)
Context examples
An internationally unique identifier for a data element.
(International Registration Data Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)
The study argues that developing countries are missing out on a crucial food source, because most of their fish catch is sold internationally.
(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)
Establish appropriate infrastructure for the conduct of HIV research domestically and internationally.
(Infrastructure Domestic and International, NCI Thesaurus)
A cooperative oncology group which carries out clinical trials in cancer therapy and supportive care across Canada and internationally.
(National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group, NCI Thesaurus)
Since its inception, it has had as its principal objective the development of internationally acceptable recommendations regarding (1) quantities and units of radiation and radioactivity; (2) procedures suitable for the measurement and application of these quantities in diagnostic radiology, radiation therapy, radiation biology, and industrial operations; and (3) physical data needed in the application of these procedures, the use of which tends to assure uniformity in reporting.
(International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, NCI Thesaurus)
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