nation
US: /ˈneɪʃən/
UK: /nˈeɪʃən/
UK: /nˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
nation /'neiʃn/
- danh từ
- dân tộc
- nước, quốc gia
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government: an independent nation + the African nations
2 [sing.] all the people in a country: The entire nation, it seemed, was watching TV.
nationhood noun [U]: Citizenship is about the sense of nationhood.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
country, state, land, political entity, polity, domain, realm:
The countries of Europe are unlikely to become one nation.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
large | little, small | major | great, leading, powerful, strong | advanced, developed, industrial, industrialized | developing, emergent, emerging, less-developed, Third World | affluent, prosperous, rich, wealthy
the richest nation on earth
| poor | civilized | backward | new | young | ancient, old | free, independent, sovereign | democratic | capitalist | united | divided | entire, whole
The entire nation mourned her death.
| foreign | Western
the imperialist expansion of Western nations in the 1880s
| Arab, European, French, etc. | maritime, oil-producing, trading | nuclear | creditor, debtor
In 1950 the UK was the world's largest debtor nation and the US the largest creditor.
| host
France was host nation for the 1998 World Cup.
| member
the member nations of the UN
VERB + NATION
create
They wanted to create a new nation.
| unite
The fight against terrorism seemed to unite the nation.
| divide | govern, lead | shock
the savage murder that shocked the nation
NATION + NOUN
building
The biggest task of the government was to address national unity and nation building.
| state
PREP.
across a/the ~
swings in public opinion across the nation
| among ~
economic inequality among the nations of the world
| in/within a/the ~
In the nation as a whole there is no desire for war.
| ~ of
They are a nation of food lovers.
PHRASES
the birth of a nation, the interests of a nation, the life of a nation
They hoped that the exhibition would enhance the cultural life of the nation.
| the nation as a whole, the nation at large
The new economic policies were in the best interests of the nation at large.
| the nations of the world
Concise English dictionary
nations'neɪʃn
noun
+a politically organized body of people under a single government
+the people who live in a nation or country
+a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes)
+United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
