Collocations for "national"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "national" in context.
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national
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a national [company, organization, charity]
- the National Association of
- the National Institute for
- the National [Film, Sports, Fashion] Academy
- the national [song, anthem, hymn, bird, flower, flag]
- the [French] national anthem
- a national [landmark, heritage site, monument]
- a national [league, division, competition, tournament]
- a national [newspaper, daily, magazine, publication]
- national [laws, limits, customs, traditions, pride]
- a national [concern, doubt, affair, problem]
- a threat to (our) national security
- a national [radio, television, rail] network
- [damaged, boosted, stirred up] national pride
- [football, soccer, baseball] is the national sport
- [became, is, was treated as] a national hero
- [visit, preserve, promote] national parks
- national and [regional, local, international]
- [rules, regulations] regarding foreign nationals
- is a foreign national
- is an [American] national
- is a national of [Ireland]
- [American] nationals living abroad
- [American] nationals living in [Ireland]
- applied to become a [Spanish, British] national
- foreign nationals have [the same, equal] rights (to)
- legal [aid, protection] for foreign nationals
- [writes, edits] for one of the nationals
- was on the [front, back] page of all the nationals
- UK: won the Grand National
- foreign national [workers, employees]
- foreign-national [workers, employees]
'national' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Australia
- Britain
- Canada
- Dutch
- European
- German
- Ireland
- Japan
- Netherlands
- US
- administrative
- advocacy
- ally
- anthem
- arena
- army
- association
- attendee
- audience
- average
- awareness
- below
- better
- bird
- building
- camping
- cargo
- carrier
- celebration
- celebrity
- cemetery
- charter
- client
- climate
- collaboration
- commission
- commissioner
- compete
- connected
- consulation
- consumer
- consumption
- cooperation
- corporation
- correspondence
- courier
- coverage
- crime
- cuisine
- currency