Collocations for "nation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "nation" in context.
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nation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [proud, sovereign, great, small, developing] nation
- the [whole, entire] nation
- the most [industrialized, powerful] nation
- the nation's [economy, unemployment rate, GDP, constitution]
- the nation won its independence in
- [protect, serve, defend] the nation
- has become an [independent] nation
- the [whole] nation [was, felt, hoped]
- [across, throughout, around] the nation
- [campaign, travel, spread] across the nation
- events [sweeping, affecting, damaging] the nation
- nations across the [globe, continent]
- the nation has come together (over)
- the greatest nation on Earth
- the United Nations
'nation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Belgium
- Greece
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- address
- advance
- advanced
- allegiance
- bachelor
- backbone
- bad off
- birth
- chaos
- collapse
- complexion
- contribute
- craze
- creation
- decay
- deeply
- defend
- developing
- disbelief
- distress
- divide
- domain
- dry
- ebb
- election
- employ
- endure
- enduring
- entire
- entry
- excite
- faithfully
- fall
- father
- found
- foundation
- founder
- geography
- governance
- gross
- harmful
- ill
- immigrant
- import
- inward
- island