Definition: 1. Of or relating to or belonging to a country. 2. Inside the country. 3. Owned, controlled or paid for by the government. 4. Connected with a particular nation. 5. A citizen of a particular country.
Use 'national' in a sentence:
1. Her savings were in the First National Bank.
2. The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.
3. This area has been designated (as) a National Park.
4. Continuing strikes are beginning to play havoc with the national economy.
5. The president alone betokened the national identity.
6. They can be entrusted to solve major national problems.
7. Class sizes in the school are below the national average.
8. The President doesn't need a primer on national security.
9. There are strong indications that the prime minister will call national elections in May.
10. They flew the flag of the African National Congress.
11. Success in sport is a source of national pride.
12. Cycle organizations are gearing up for National Bike Week.
13. Birmingham has bid to stage the next national athletics championships.
14. They are seeking a central, directive role in national energy policy.
15. The national assembly has voted to adopt the budget.
16. About 32 percent of students meet national norms in reading.
17. The area has been declared a national park.
18. Several new plays will be performed on National Day.
19. Many national newspapers rallied to his support.
20. This 1930s musical is being revived at the National Theatre.
21. Discussions are currently being held at national level.
22. Eating out is the national pastime in France.
23. The state of our roads is a national disgrace.
24. I got my glasses on the National Health (Service).
25. The building is part of our national heritage.
26. Their national economy is stagnant.
27. We refuse to sign any treaty that is against our national interests.
28. It was too late to prevent the story from appearing in the national newspapers.
29. Unemployment here is twice the national average.
30. The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims.
31. The national tests were educationally unsound.
32. Concern to protect national sovereignty is far from new.
33. Their divorce filled a lot of column inches in the national papers.
34. The Supreme Council resolved to resume control over the national press.
35. The group was considered to be a risk to national security.
36. Tax rises have made some inroads into the country's national debt.
37. I got my glasses on the National Health.
38. Religion matters very much at a national level.
39. Between 1929 and 1933 America's national income fell by more than half.
40. A lot of national parks lie in the areas inhabited by minority nationality people.
41. The play was reviewed in the national newspapers.
42. Most buildings had a flagpole with the national colours flying.
43. Unlike the American, the British press operates on a national scale.
44. This area has been designated a National Park.
45. The National Party Congress shall be convened every five years.
46. our national transportation policy.
47. She has been commissioned to write a new national anthem.
48. He spent part of the war in the National Guard.
49. He was a national leader in the abolitionist movement.
50. The national hero lies buried here.
51. They are afraid of losing their national identity.
52. The photo was printed in all the national newspapers.
53. The local club has disaffiliated from the National Athletic Association.
54. These buildings are part of our national heritage.
55. The national conference on democracy ended ambiguously.
