internationaladj.n.
/ˌɪntəˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌɪntəˈnaʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈnæʃ(ə)nəl/ A. adj.
1.
a. Designating or relating to relations between two or more nations or organizations made up of nations; agreed, recognized, carried on between, or constituted by nations or national governments.See also international community n., international law n., international relations n. at Compounds.
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1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. §25 The law may be referred to the head..of international jurisprudence. Note. The word international, it must be acknowledged, is a new one; though, it is hoped, sufficiently analogous and intelligible. It is calculated to express, in a more significant way, the branch of law which goes commonly under the name of the law of nations.
1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 11 646 A Comprehensive System of Civic Morality and International Obligation.
1816 Niles' Weekly Reg. 9 Suppl. 31/2 Another power..which should exert itself in concert with the analogous power in other countries..by an international compact called a treaty.
1822 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 48 The reciprocal intercourse between Nations is International.
1864 Rep. Sel. Comm. Trade with Foreign Nations: Minutes of Evid. 201/1 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 493) VII. 497 A treaty..had to be worked out as part of an international negotiation in all its details.
1899 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 604 The heavy burdens to which all military nations are subjected in anticipation of an international conflict.
1907 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 21 Aug. 7/3 The justness and policy of this method of settling such international disputes.
1937 S. de Madariaga Anarchy or Hierarchy 7 The conflict in Spain threatens to develop into an international war.
1992 Green Mag. Apr. 4/1 The Earth Summit in Rio..could result in international conventions on biodiversity and climate change.
2011 D. M. Malone Does Elephant Dance? xi. 264 With greater power and influence comes responsibility in international affairs.
b. Designating an organization, deliberative body, military force, etc., established or appointed by agreement between two or more nations.
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1814 Weekly Reg. 5 Suppl. 181/2 Where is the writer on national law, who has undertaken to establish the right of a nation to enter the ships of another..without submitting the question to an international tribunal!
1848 E. Burritt in Peace Congr. at Brussels iii. 25 An International Legislature, or a Congress of Nations, in which each shall be equitably represented.
1871 F. Seebohm On Internat. Reform iv. 135 The creation, whether by combination or delegation, of an international force for the enforcement of international law.
1880 G. F. Wright in Serm. Internat. Sunday-school Lessons 1881 (Monday Club) 12 The wisest of statesmen are unable..to form an international league that shall dispel the danger of war.
1916 A. D. Call Doom of War 15 The rise of international bodies, possessing more or less legislative power, is impressive.
1964 Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 12/2 The sending of some international peacekeeping force has become a matter of extreme urgency.
1982 Southeast Asian Affairs 9 51 The Khmer Rouge..for a time boycotted all international organizations, including the United Nations.
2014 Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. 24 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas applied to join 15 international organisations.
2.
a. Designating communication, trade, travel, etc., between two or more countries; of, relating to, or involved in such movement or communication.
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1807 W. Tennant Thoughts on Effects Brit. Govt. India xiii. 201 This increased international correspondence has a direct tendency..to disseminate knowledge, and to improve the arts of life.
1811 R. Millar Disquis. Hist. Med. i. i. 58 The international commerce exercised during the most remote times among these different regions.
1848 J. R. Beard People's Dict. Bible II. 287/1 Aden.., famous in all ages as a great international port, lay admirably for uniting in commercial relations the East and the West.
1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. iii. vii. 398 These prices would adjust the equation of international trade.
1871 Brit. Almanac Compan. 54 The Alps..will not be allowed to remain permanently a bar to international travel.
1912 F. J. Haskin Amer. Govt. 210 Cities which are to-day mere way stations on the international routes of trade will grow into rich world centers.
1927 Times 24 Dec. 14/3 International bonds made a further recovery.
1967 Punch 12 July 66/1 A new international freight terminal.
1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xiii. 250 There were the normal chirps associated with an international call.
2009 D. Gibbins Tiger Warrior 94 He says he's giving you two days, and then he's going to ask to be dropped at the nearest international airport.
b. Designating a person from another country; foreign, overseas. Frequently in international student.In earliest use with reference to foreign visitors to the international exhibitions held in London in 1851 and 1862.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [adjective] > non-native inhabitant
aliena1387
transregionate1577
international1851
overun1881
non-indigene1907
non-patrial1971
1851 Builder 12 July 438/1 Dr. Smith, an American, and one of the international jurors, has been sending a series of articles to one paper on ‘The Palace of Glass’.
1862 Derby Mercury 11 June 6/3 An elaborate attempt to describe the amount and characteristics of the amusements we are able to offer our ‘international visitors’.
1886 Theatre 1 June 321 International guests have been bidden to the wedding in considerable number.
1928 Washington Post 30 Sept. s11/2 (caption) Utsumi, of Tokyo;..Isham, of Constantinople.., and Sugwara, of Sensai.., three international students, who have just entered Wellesley College.
1942 A. Dukes Scene is Changed xviii. 222 In the courtyard an international gentleman in feathered cap, Tyrolean jacket and Lederhosen..was being photographed.
1992 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. ii. 26/3 Throngs of international tourists will drive across the desert looking for the real America.
2005 J. Carroll & J. Ryan Teaching Internat. Students i. 9 We can embrace change and welcome international students as bearers of alternative knowledge, perspectives, and life experiences.
3.
a. Located or held in one place but involving people of two or more nations; characterized by the presence of many nationalities or cultures; cosmopolitan, multicultural.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [adjective] > having two or more cultures
international1824
multicultural1935
bicultural1940
polycultural1942
integrated1948
pluricultural1960
multicult1980
multiculti1989
1824 National Advocate (N.Y.) 8 May In England, where these anomalous distinctions are unknown.., international marriages and blending of colors are sometimes seen.
1861 Engineer 9 94/3 The Commissioners for the International Exhibition of 1862 propose to invite..tenders for the erection of the buildings.
1891 Washington Post 14 Oct. 4/1 The great metropolis of the new world..is an international city.
1912 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. 599/1 He was a member of the international jury for the competition for the new west front to Milan cathedral.
1944 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 235 42/2 A number of international universities and institutes..should be established.
1964 Guardian 9 Jan. 3/2 An international drag [racing] festival is to be held in Britain.
1980 A. Levine Why Innovation Fails iii. 46 There were proposals for five international colleges.
2002 USA Today 15 Nov. c3 Life in Toronto can be very good, with its international feel, its vibrancy in the arts, its diverse cultures.
b. Of a person: advocating cooperation and understanding between nations; looking beyond national attachments or allegiances; cosmopolitan in outlook.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [adjective] > cosmopolitan
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cosmopolitic1824
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international1866
1866 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 177/2 The true political definition of [Richard] Cobden is that which the foreigner supplied—an international man.
1922 Manch. Guardian 27 Sept. 14 Women are undoubtedly becoming more international in their outlook.
1986 Sunday (Calcutta) 22 June 48/4 I do feel very international in many ways. But I am an Indian. I hold an Indian passport.
2013 Evening Standard (Nexis) 22 Nov. 32 His view of himself as ‘international’, a citizen of the world—especially in the context of his business interests in London, Moscow and elsewhere.
4. Of a person, organization, company, etc.: operating, active, or known in several or many nations.Often (and recorded earliest) in the names of commercial companies, societies, etc.
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1827 Morning Post 1 Jan. (heading) International Gas Company.
1884 Athenæum 1 Nov. 568/2 In order to promote the study of engraving in its earlier stages, it is proposed to form an International Chalcographical Society.
1914 Colorado Springs Gaz. 18 Jan. His prints..came back from Scotland Yard branding the possessor as an international criminal.
1926 E. Grossmann Methods Econ. Rapprochement 30 International cartels will be able to rationalise production in a way impossible in the present state of affairs.
1941 Thrilling Wonder Stories Jan. 122 Thousands of science-fictioneers the world over belong to this active, international organization devoted to fantasy fans' fraternization.
1977 Field 13 Jan. 56/2 More than half these dogs were also registered with the International Sheep Dog Society.
1990 N.Y. Times 25 June d14/3 Carolco Pictures was able to raise about $60 million to make ‘Total Recall’, because it is an action film and Arnold Schwarzenegger is an international star.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Mar. (Central ed.) a12/2 International companies have growing choices about where to raise money.
5. Common to, affecting, or shared by many or all nations; that transcends or goes beyond national boundaries or limits; global, worldwide.
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the world > people > nations > [adjective] > international or multinational
international1831
multinational1854
intergential1873
cross border1882
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stateless1902
transnational1921
intranational1923
binationalist1949
1831 Metropolitan Aug. 329 Men of almost all climes have come forward together to assert the privileges of the people. This singular coincidence in international opinion forms a remarkable epoch in the history of civilization.
1884 M. W. MacCallum Stud. in Low German & High German Lit. 131 In mediæval times we have an international language.., and,..from the middle of the eleventh century, we have some approach to an international literature radiating out from France.
1899 Med. Brief 27 378/2 It was from this hot, fetid, and squalid city that Asiatic cholera, as an international epidemic, first took its start.
1913 F. T. Miller Wonder Stories 90 It [sc. the sending of the first transatlantic telegram] was, very naturally, an occasion of great international rejoicing.
1951 Life 8 Oct. 162/2 His prowess..greatly excited his audiences and started billiards..as an international craze.
1995 A. Marschner tr. A. Destexhe Rwanda & Genocide in 20th Cent. iv. 49 The international feeling of relief at that point was both legitimate..and shameful.
2003 Q. Dalton High Strung xii. 86 The hair flap combed to one side that so many balding men have succumbed to..is an international problem.
6. Designating a unit measuring a physical quantity, or (originally) a monetary unit, which is agreed upon internationally, often as distinguished from existing units with the same name which refer to the same attribute but are differently defined. Cf. International System n.Recorded earliest in international unit n. at Compounds.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a system or standard of measuring > other spec.
international1857
International System1864
centimetre-gram-second1875
foot-pound-second1877
DIN1932
SI1961
imperial1970
the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > serving as a unit of measurement > standard (of units) > specific standard
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Scotch1638
Rhineland1646
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imperial1814
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metric1862
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adjective] > relating to measurement > as currently defined
international1857
1857 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 24 July 507/1 The still further extension of the system, recognising international units, might gradually supersede the national units by the operation of the same process.
1884 Jrnl. Instit. Bankers 5 600 An average weight equal in value to one penny more than the 25 francs, or new international pound.
1893 Electrician 29 Sept. 578/2 To distinguish these units as now defined from the definitions given by previous meetings or Congresses, they are denominated the ‘international’ ohm, the ‘international’ ampere, &c.
1938 G. P. Harnwell Princ. Electr. & Electromagn. 602 It is evident that 1 international volt is equal to 1·00043 absolute volts, 1 international joule is equal to 1·00034 absolute or mechanical joules, etc.
1967 A. J. Lissaman Metrol. i. 5 The U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have agreed to adopt an international yard based upon the metre.
2009 B. D. Cullity & C. D. Graham Introd. Magn. Materials (ed. 2) i. 8 The electromagnetic unit of current, the absolute ampere or abampere, equals 10 international or ‘ordinary’ amperes.
7. Sport.
a. Of a match, competition, tournament, etc.: involving teams, players or competitors representing two or more countries; played or competed for by people of more than one nationality.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > types of
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1859 N.Y. Herald 13 Sept. 10/4 The great international match. The following are the names of the twenty-two cricketers who have been selected by the St. George's Club.
1869 Ann. Reg. 1868 ii. 86 Competitors for the international trophy were Captain Armstrong..representing Ireland; Sergeant Plenderleith.., for Scotland; [etc.].
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 June 6/2 An International yacht race was decided yesterday at Amsterdam in the North Sea.
1913 Flight 5 Apr. 395/1 The French team for the forthcoming international contest for the Schneider Cup at Monaco.
1922 F. M. Colby New Internat. Year Bk. 1921 661/1 Miss Gladys Robinson of Toronto, Canada, captured the women's international title.
1938 Times 17 May 8/7 The first international dressage tests to be held in this country will form one of the principal features of the International Horse Show.
1955 Times 8 July 9/6 These men..are excluded from their country's teams in international games.
1961 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 12/3 A quality which becomes more and more indispensable as international matches proliferate.
1989 D. Davies Psychol. Factors in Competitive Sport 145 Sportsmen who compete at international level are extraverted and emotionally stable.
2006 P. Briggs & J. Booth Rwanda (ed. 3) i. 32 In February 2005..the inaugural East African international women's rugby match was held against Uganda.
b. Designating a sportsperson who plays or competes for his or her country.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [adjective] > other attributes
scienced1818
starting1855
international1866
all-American1887
unmarked1890
fouled1898
muckerish1900
power1932
playmaking1933
open1937
wild card1940
wide-body1986
1866 Richmond Notes Aug. 233/2 It will be too late to see the International Competitors, who are just finishing their last shots. Here Scotland is again victorious.
1876 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 1 Apr. 2/5 Woods, who plays half-back with R. Hunt, the brother to W. H. Hunt, the International player, is a really good man, and does a lot of work.
a1906 K. J. Freeman School of Hellas (1907) iii. xi. 287 Not every one could be an international athlete or a first-class artist or musician.
1930 Times 10 Jan. 5/2 A. Cunningham, the Scottish international player, has been appointed player-manager of Newcastle United F.C.
1966 A. MacLean When Eight Bells Toll x. 212 I went through that door after her like an international rugby three-quarter diving for the line.
1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xvi. 307 International cricketers were being treated like kids.
2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Aug. 12 There are few second and even fewer third acts in the life of an international sportsman.
8. Frequently with capital initial. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the International Workingmen’s Association or any of several later socialist and communist Internationals. See sense B. 3 and International Workingmen's Association n. at Compounds.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [adjective] > communist or socialist organizations
international1867
1867 Times 7 Sept. 10/6 International Working Men's Congress... To-day the transactions of the International Congress were carried on in a particularly orderly manner.
1871 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 26 June 3/4 It is obvious how great a distrust and jealousy the International agitators feel of the influence of the English working-class leaders.
1880 T. D. Woolsey Communism & Socialism 133 The essence of the International movement was a federal association.., with the social end in view of raising the operatives up over against the employers and capitalists.
1884 To-day May 384 I and several of my friends have been accused of taking part in an International manifesto at Paris.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 215/1 In 1869 they founded the ‘social democratic working men's party’, and..sent representatives to the International congress at Basel.
1919 Times of India 16 Oct. 9/1 The League [of Nations] would do for Governments and Parliaments what the international movement proposed to do amongst the rank and file of the people.
1920 Harper's Mag. Feb. 300/2 The chief propagandists shouted more and more vehemently for the International ideal.
1989 T. Gilberg Coalition Strategies Marxist Parties i. 12 The establishment of the Comintern soon gave rise to CPSU dominance over the formal structures of the international movement.
2009 T. Hunt Marx's General viii. 258 Marx and Engels were enormously proud of the Eisenach party, regarding it as the most authentic practical realization of the International ideal.
B. n.
1. A person from another country, a foreign national; esp. a person who is a native of one country and a resident of another.In quot. 1851: a foreign visitor to an international exhibition; cf. note at sense A. 2b.
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the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun] > persons of two nations
international1851
hyphenate1916
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > non-native inhabitant
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1851 New Monthly Mag. 93 16 We then said we should like to have a look at the sights, and half a dozen French Internationals, who had picked up some English while they were over here, volunteered to show us about.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Dec. 12 The bitterness against the neutrals is fearful, and will make the social position of all internationals very painful.
1926 E. B. Tweedie Adventurous Journey iv. 62 Their [sc. White Russians'] only chance of letting the world know all is not well is to descend to crime..in the hope that the few travelling foreign internationals will tell the story in their own countries.
1942 J. D. Passos in J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents (2001) 215 At the small tables in the alcoves there tend to be militiamen and internationals on sprees and a sprinkling of young ladies of the between the sheets brigade.
1985 S. Morley Other Side of Moon (1986) i. 33 They were internationals who just happened to live in California and came from England.
2004 R. Kanagy Living Abroad in Japan 90 I also know a number of internationals in Japan who got permanent residency after living in the country for five years.
2. Finance. In plural. Stocks, shares, or bonds traded internationally.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of
redeemables1720
government bond1737
corporate bond1810
trustee security1859
international1863
foreigners1883
most active list1885
gilt-edge1900
actual1908
heavies1922
toxic waste1922
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prior charge1930
short1932
gilt1936
performer1939
tap1948
energy security1960
fallen angel1963
medium1968
physicals1974
underperformer1975
taplet1982
1863 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 14 May Foreign stocks flat. Confederates very heavy. Internationals 7pm.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 12/2 Internationals featureless.
1948 Times 16 Jan. 9/2 Internationals were good, Brazilian Tractions being 1 up at 281/ 4, Nickels 5/ 8 at 523/ 8, and Canadian Pacific 1/ 8 at 181/ 8.
1996 Financial Times 4 Dec. 49/6 The strength of the dollar allowed internationals to race ahead.
3. Chiefly with capital initial.
a. Any of several socialist and communist organizations formed in the 19th and 20th centuries to coordinate the work of trade unions and labour parties internationally and to promote the reform or overthrow of the capitalist system; spec. (with the) = International Workingmen's Association n. at Compounds. Also occasionally: a member of such an organization.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > Communist Party > a communist organization > specific communist or socialist organizations
international1868
Internationale1870
S.R.1919
Comintern1925
SWP1938
1868 Daily News 9 Sept. 5/3 The International Association, or as it is the custom to call it for the sake of brevity, ‘The International’, must look not only at the social but at the political side of the question.
1871 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 16 Dec. A delegation of Internationals waited upon the Working Men's Union to-night, to request them to join in Sunday's procession in honor of the French Communists.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 214/1 Of the International Marx was the inspiring and controlling head from the beginning.
1921 Scotsman 22 Oct. 11/5 The hope of creating an International which will embrace the whole revolutionary proletariat.
1958 Rev. Politics 20 699 After 1914..the International was revived.., and socialists continued to cling to the shadow of their once powerful ideology.
1972 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 11 54 The International was saddled with the responsibility for the shooting of the Archbishop of Paris.
1988 F. van Holthoon & M. van der Linden Internationalism in Labour Movement 1830–1940 Introd. p. viii Some functions of the old Internationals seem to have been taken over by institutions like the International Labour Organization.
2009 R. Service Trotsky iv. xli. 391 Some of his followers called on him to form a new International.
b. With modifying word (esp. an ordinal number) specifying the particular organization referred to. First International n. (only in historical contexts) = International Workingmen's Association n. at Compounds. Second International n. (also Socialist International) a federation of national labour parties and trade unions founded in Paris in 1889 to carry on the work of the First International, with members including Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg, which dissolved in 1916 after failing to avert a European war. Third International n. (also Communist International) an association of national communist parties which was established by Lenin in Moscow in 1919 to promote world revolution and dissolved in 1943, and which for much of its existence was effectively an international arm of the Soviet Communist Party; = Comintern n. Fourth International n. a group founded by Leon Trotsky in the 1930s to oppose the increasingly Stalinist policies of the Comintern, and which held its first conference in 1938.
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1901 Internat. Socialist Rev. Feb. 484 [Socialism] was born again..in the first International, founded in 1864, and in the new International, proclaimed in 1899 [sic].
1918 L. Trotzky Bolsheviki & World Peace 33 The collapse of the Second International is a tragic fact.
1919 Ohio Socialist (Cleveland) in Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 6 Aug. 4/1 Our endorsement of the manifesto of the Third ‘Communist International’.
1922 Manch. Guardian 20 June 16/4 The continued action of the Third International..in attacking the Socialist International proves its bad faith in proposing the United Front.
1927 N.Y. Times 1 June 19/2 The expelled groups of M. Maslof and Ruth Fisher,..who are ‘trying to form a separate anti-Comintern party and a counter-revolutionary Fourth International’.
1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains vi. 89 My association with..the representatives of the Third International..have even excited favourable comment in certain quarters in Moscow.
1967 N. McInnes in R. P. Arnot et al. Impact Russ. Revol. 85 The Communist International having been disbanded by Stalin in 1943, the only socialist international in existence was the Fourth.
1989 N. Miller Soviet Relations with Lat. Amer. ii. 28 Many of the immigrants were supporters of the First and Second Internationals and had considerable experience in the labour movements of their native countries.
2001 D. Lorimer in J. Percy & D. Lorimer Democratic Socialist Party & Fourth Internat. 45 If the Fourth International is and has always been right, why hasn't it led any revolutions?
4. Sport.
a. A game or contest between teams or players representing two or more countries.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of
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marathon1908
test1908
Derby1909
scrimmage1910
eliminator1911
twosome1911
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quadrangular1916
slug-fest1916
varsity match1921
needle contest1922
curtain jerker1923
needle match1923
open1926
needle fight1927
knock-out1928
shirt1930
masters1933
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World Cup1934
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state1941
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match-up1959
squeaker1961
triple-header1961
Super Bowl1967
invitational1968
needle game1970
major1976
slobberknocker1986
1877 Blackburn Standard 22 Dec. 3/5 This great annual match..is usually regarded as a trial of the chief English players, in anticipation of the two yearly internationals.
1890 N. Brit. Daily Mail 7 Apr. 6/6 Their goal was again and again besieged in a way never before seen at the close of an international.
1908 North-China Herald 20 Mar. 716/1 Belfast was the scene of the first International of the season under Association rules and once again the Irish team had to put up with defeat against the Saxons.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 33 It was like..Wembley or Hampden Park after an international.
1959 Times 21 Sept. 3/6 The British Lions were given but a faint hope of defeating the world champion All Blacks in the fourth and final international of their tour at Eden Park yesterday.
1971 Leader (Durban) 7 May 1/2 Efforts were being made for the Mauritian team to play a series of games including ‘internationals’ against South African..elevens.
1990 Times 8 Mar. 1/1 The West Indies beat England by six wickets in the one-day international at Georgetown, Guyana, yesterday.
2004 P. Gilmour Sexy Football xxxv. 232 In the future, there'll probably only be five teams playing internationals.
b. A player or competitor who represents, or has represented, his or her country in an international game or contest.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players
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receiver1919
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trialist1960
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1882 Bell's Life in London 2 Dec. 4/2 Since last winter the County Palatine have lost the services of no less than seven Internationals.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 7/2 He has already taken part in eight international matches. This does not, of course, compare with the record of several other internationals.
1905 A. Conan Doyle Return Sherlock Holmes 330 The defeat of the Light Blues may be entirely attributed to the unfortunate absence of the crack International, Godfrey Staunton.
1930 Manch. Guardian 10 June 19/6 An Irish international, who has played for five seasons with Doncaster Rovers.
1973 Times 7 Feb. 15/4 It is no wonder, she feels, that so many former internationals never stay on in the sport.
2002 M. Crick Boss (2003) xvi. 290 The wages sought were far greater than those earned by Bryan Robson or Gordon Strachan, both of whom were seasoned internationals.
5. With the and capital initial. = Internationale n. 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > socialist songs
red flag1889
Internationale1893
international1900
1900 Times 29 Sept. 5/4 The pilgrimage concluded with cheers for the Commune and the Socialist Republic, and with the singing of the ‘International’.
1912 Songs for Socialists (Fabian Soc.) 2 The International.
1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxiii. 413 Organized singing of the International.
1939 C. Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin 310 Somebody began to sing the ‘International’, and, in a moment, everyone had joined in.
1997 E. Jong Inventing Memory ix. 196 She..delighted in driving her grandfather crazy by singing the ‘International’.
Compounds
international airspace n. International Law airspace (esp. as used for the operation of aircraft) beyond the territorial jurisdiction of any nation; cf. international water n. (b).
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1932 Jrnl. Air Law 3 422 The airspace over the seas is generally considered to be international airspace in the same manner as the seas beyond territorial limits.
1960 Guardian 20 July 2/6 These flights were provocative while not violating international air-space.
2001 D. Lea & C. Milward Polit. Chron. of Amer. 263 A..reconnaissance aircraft, claimed..to have been on a mission in international airspace over the South China Sea, was involved in a collision.
international baccalaureate n. (also with capital initials) a set of examinations intended to qualify successful candidates for higher education in any of several countries; a qualification awarded for satisfactory performance in these examinations; abbreviated IB.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > school examinations
entrance examination1819
entrance exam1857
standard1862
skew1866
leaving examination1868
Oxford1871
entry exam1886
Abitur1918
higher1923
scholarship1950
A level1951
C.S.E.1963
international baccalaureate1966
A1979
Certificate of Secondary Education1981
AS1984
STEP1985
SAT1988
A21999
1966 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 37 107 An International Schools Examination Syndicate has been established to develop..an international baccalaureate which will be recognized and accepted by the major universities of the world.
1970 Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Feb. 15/4 The first international baccalaureate examination will be held this year.
1978 New Society 16 Feb. 373/1 There is already a tried and tested examination that overcomes many of the faults of A levels—the International Baccalaureate.
1991 Taos (New Mexico) News 6 June a13/1 Zak..received his international baccalaureate from the United World College.
2014 S. Hadfield Change One Thing vi. 130 Their daughter took the International Baccalaureate at the school before gaining a place at university.
International Brigade n. now chiefly historical a military force consisting of people (esp. volunteers) of more than one nationality; spec. any of several such forces recruited by the Communist International to fight on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War; (also) these forces collectively.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > mixed nationality
Foreign Legion1761
legion1835
International Brigade1900
1900 Glasgow Herald 12 May 7/4 Eight Boer Commandants were present, including De Wet and Delaroy, as was also the International Brigade.
1921 Living Age 16 July 161/2 The international brigades, which were the main support of Soviet rule in Siberia, were largely recruited from former prisoners of war.
1936 Scotsman 12 Nov. 11/ The ‘Victory Column’, the international brigade led by Major Lister.., is composed mainly of militant Communists.., Socialists, and Left-wingers.
1968 K. Martin Editor x. 214 The International Brigade..came from every part of Europe and America.
1968 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Apr. 42/3 Genuine American patriots must..work for the downfall of American imperialism even if this means joining international brigades should the Vietnamese request them.
2013 D. Malet Foreign Fighters iv. 124 The impact of the International Brigades on the outcome of the Spanish Civil War remains a matter of contention.
International Brigader n. now historical a member of one of the International Brigades fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
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1937 Spectator 13 Aug. 283/1 Mr. Borkenau is a sociologist, Señor Sender a novelist-poet turned militiaman, Mr. Summerfield a Communist International Brigader, [etc.].
1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. vi. 57 This same argument..has served the Soviet Government as a constant pretext for refusing to admit..International Brigaders..into Soviet territory.
2008 P. Preston We saw Spain Die i. 24 Fischer helped both to organize the Republic's press services and to repatriate wounded International Brigaders.
international code n. Nautical (also with capital initials) an internationally recognized system of signals (originally and chiefly using coloured flags) for communication between ships at sea or between ship and shore; more fully International Code of Signals (abbreviated ICS).
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society > communication > indication > signalling > [noun] > system or code of signals
vocabulary1803
international code1855
1855 J. H. Brown Let. 30 Mar. in Rep. Comm. Privy Council for Trade Code of Signals used at Sea (1857) 11 in Parl. Papers IX. 645 Extending the means of intercourse to the vessels of all countries, by the establishment of an International Code of Signals.
1863 Shipping & Mercantile Gaz. 28 Jan. 5/2 The international code can, by translation, be made an universal language.
1908 F. Matthews With Battle Fleet v. 88 It used the international code and the flags..said: ‘Welcome, American fleet!’
1946 D. C. Wadge Women in Uniform iii. 67 Wrens are expected to be proficient with semaphore flags.., the Aldis lamp and the International Code of Signals.
2004 J. Vigor Pract. Encycl. Boating 228/1 It is still the correct procedure for a yacht arriving in a foreign port to fly the Q (quarantine) flag of the international code.
international community n. a group of nations bound together by political, religious, or other ties; (now usually, chiefly with the) the countries of the world regarded as a group sharing common interests, aims, and values.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > ally > group of allied states
community1780
international community1832
Amphictyony1835
power bloc1925
power block1928
axis1936
club1950
1832 Edinb. Law Jrnl. 1 190 The international community of allegiance and citizenship between the subjects of all the three kingdoms of this empire.
1856 Weekly Chron. & Reg. 29 Mar. 7/2 There are crises in the affairs of nations and international communities as there are in every man's life.
1859 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 14 June No member of the international community is entitled to claim for its enactments a respect which virtually supersedes the authority of other States.
1916 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 8 June 4/6 As members of an international community we are subject to certain basic duties.
1947 Internat. Law Q. 1 537 The sanctity of the rule of law must be felt by the whole international community.
2010 C. Hitchens Hitch-22 310 Everything therefore pointed to the need for the international community to intervene at last, and on the right side for once.
international copyright n. the protection of literary and artistic property by agreement between nations; frequently attributive.The main treaties governing international copyright protection are the Berne Convention of 1885, which led to the foundation of the International Copyright Union, and the Universal Copyright Convention of 1952.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > performing or publishing rights > copyright
copy1577
copyright1735
international copyright1833
1833 N.-Y. Mirror 14 Sept. 87 The establishment, between the United States and the United Kingdom, of an international copyright law.
1838 Act 1 & 2 Victoria c. 59 An act for securing to Authors, in certain Cases, the Benefit of International Copyright.
1894 in H. Paasch From Keel to Truck (ed. 2) (title page) Protected by International Copyright.
1942 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Nov. 559/3 The last International Copyright Convention, signed at Berne in 1908, afforded a very considerable degree of protection to the literary and artistic property.
1991 K. Jones Learning not to be First xv. 190 There was no international copyright and pirated editions of works were common.
International Court of Justice n. (chiefly with the) a judicial court of the United Nations based at The Hague, established in 1945 to resolve disputes between nations and to rule on matters of international law.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > specific international courts
International Criminal Court1879
world court1904
International Court of Justice1944
European Court1959
1944 Times 10 Oct. 5/6 The proposals..deal with..its [sc. the United Nations'] principal organs, including a General Assembly, a Security Council, and an International Court of Justice.
1945 Times 10 Sept. 2/5 The nomination of candidates to the posts of Judge of the International Court of Justice.
1972 Mod. Law Rev. 35 i. 52 In the North Sea Continental Shelf Cases the International Court of Justice had the opportunity of considering this phenomenon.
1992 Peace Mag. Sept. 11/2 The International Court of Justice in The Hague, also known as the World Court, can only be petitioned by member states of the United Nations.
2010 A. Reid Imperial Alchemy viii. 216 Recent territorial disputes..were peacefully resolved by the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
International Criminal Court n. International Law an international court with jurisdiction over specified crimes; (now) spec. (chiefly with the) such a court formed in The Hague in 2002 for the prosecution of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > specific international courts
International Criminal Court1879
world court1904
International Court of Justice1944
European Court1959
1879 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 29 Aug. 4/1 To carry out this theory an international criminal court is contemplated.
1914 Sat. Rev. 26 Sept. 346/1 The establishment of an international criminal court with full power to give effect to its decisions.
1994 N.Y. Times 28 Oct. a23/1 The International Criminal Court would be empowered to intervene in every part of the world.
2003 Daily Mirror 1 Apr. 13/3 Britain wants the ‘terrorist hardcore’ dealt with by the new International Criminal Court set up to deal with war crimes.
International Date Line n. (usually with the) an imaginary line running from the North to the South Pole and through the Pacific Ocean, to the east of which the date is reckoned to be a day earlier than it is to the west; = dateline n. 2.Formally adopted by the international community in 1884, the line mainly follows the meridian 180 degrees from Greenwich, deviating from it to the east and west so as to avoid crossing the Russian Far East and various island groups.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > date-line
International Date Line1875
the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > time zone > boundary of
International Date Line1875
dateline1876
1875 J. Schedler Illustr. Man. Use Globes 23 Thus we have become acquainted, in this remarkable line, with an International Date-line founded in the mathematico-geographical relations of the various portions of our Earth.
1957 O. D. Von Engeln & B. C. Netschert Gen. Geogr. iv. 71/2 The international date line does not coincide with 180° meridian..but zigzags to give portions of the same political territories the same date.
1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 2 Nov. in White House Diary (1970) 453 Sometime in the dark hours over the Pacific we had crossed the International Dateline.
2007 M. Carlson Notes from Spinning Planet i. 9 This is just a little layover... I didn't really want you to miss your birthday as we flew over the International Date Line.
international driving licence n. a document valid as a driving licence in more than one country; cf. international driving permit n.
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1920 Scotsman 9 Sept. 8/1 The Prince wrote that he held an international driving licence issued at Geneva, and he thought that it covered him in this country.
1966 R. E. Pickering Himself Again x. 67 Do you have an international driving licence?
2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 15/1 You should also ask your insurance company if you need an International Driving Licence, Green Card or Bail Bond.
international driving permit n. = international driving licence n.; spec. (usually with capital initials) an official identity document which, when accompanied by a valid national driving licence, allows the holder to drive a private motor vehicle in many counties of the world (abbreviated IDP).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > driving licence
provisional licence1803
international driving permit1914
1914 R. Richardson Europe from Motor Car xv. 218 Our international driving permit based upon the special license issued by the state was also secured for a small free from the automobile club.
1931 Automobile Assoc. Foreign Touring Guide 19 The International Driving Permit acts as a driving licence in all the countries recognising the International Certificate for Motor Vehicles.
1966 A. A. Randall Flashpoint ii. 41 You bring the Car Temporary Exportation Certificate, International Driving Permits and Insurance Green Card.
2003 Gap-year Guidebk. (ed. 11) iv. 240 It is also advisable to take an International Driving Permit (IDP) as not all countries accept the British driving licence.
International Gothic adj. and n. (also with lower-case initial in the first element) (a) adj. designating a style of Gothic art (esp. painting) popular in western Europe in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, characterized by stylized elegance of form and delicate naturalistic detail; of or relating to this style; (b) n. this style of art; = international style n. (a). [In use as noun after French gothicité universelle and gothique internationale (1888); in use as adjective, after French gothique international (1890 in le grand art gothique international), all in lectures given by L. Courajod at the École du Louvre.]
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > ancient, primitive, or pre-Renaissance > [noun] > Gothic art
international style1911
International Gothic1929
1929 Irish Times 27 Feb. 4/6 The kind of international Gothic art common at the end of the fourteenth century was the last efflorescence of Gothic art.
1936 Burlington Mag. Jan. 56/2 In style they range from the Romanesque at Castello d'Avio, through the International Gothic of the Torre Aquila, to [etc.].
1961 H. E. Scott tr. R. Chiarelli et al. European Painting 15th Cent. 10 In international Gothic painting there is a..a transference of natural forms into abstract figures which are frankly decorative and heraldic.
1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 584/2 International Gothic was nurtured in the cosmopolitan courts of France and Burgundy from the soil of the French aristocratic court style.
2001 C. Fiell & P. Fiell Design of 20th Cent. 78 The Middle Ages, when the so-called International Gothic Style had flourished across Europe.
International Klein Blue n. chiefly Art (a pigment of) a deep, intense ultramarine blue, originally mixed by French artist Yves Klein; abbreviated IKB.
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1958 Cimaise Dec. 50/1 Le cinétisme de Tinguely retrouve la ‘couleur animée’ et l'International Klein's Blue (I.K.B.) y gagne un pouvoir d'incantation accru.]
1961 Time 27 Jan. 58/1 Klein's favorite color is I.K.B. (International Klein Blue), which has something to do with the space age.
1990 Independent (Nexis) 29 May 13 Elsewhere Kapoor coats a pair of massive, floored slabs of slate with pure pigment whose colour is unmistakably International Klein Blue.
2013 B. Wiseman in I. Strecker & M. Verne Astonishment & Evocation i. iii. 50 The whole point of International Klein Blue is that it connotes its own mechanical reproducibility.
international law n. the body or branch of law concerned with dealings between nations; a law of this kind (cf. private international law n. at private adj.1, adv., and n. Compounds 2).
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society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > law of nations or international law
the law of nations1548
public law1548
jus gentium?1549
international law1789
1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. Pref. 6 Principles of legislation in matters betwixt nation and nation, or, to use a new though not inexpressive appellation, in matters of international law.
1831 J. Rennie Insect Misc. xiii. 342 It [sc. an ant] always scampered off with the utmost trepidation, as if well aware..that it had infringed an international law.
1872 Daily News 3 Oct. 2 What was international law? It was once very happily defined in the Times as the limit of the conscience of the strongest.
1917 S. D. Fess Probl. Neutrality (U.S. House of Representatives Doc. 2111) 298 It would still be easily practicable to comply with the well-recognized and reasonable prohibition of international law against the blockading of neutral ports.
1990 Green Mag. Nov. 47/2 Issues should be dealt with under international laws like the Helsinki agreements and the Geneva Convention.
2006 Independent 28 Oct. 33/1 He appeared to support ‘water-boarding’—a torture technique banned by the Pentagon and under international law.
International Monetary Fund n. (with the) an intergovernmental organization formally established in 1945 to promote international trade, economic growth, and monetary stability; abbreviated IMF.An agency of the United Nations with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the IMF holds a monetary reserve to which member nations contribute, and on which they can draw during periods of deficit in their international balance of payments, often on condition that the recipient country agrees to undertake specified reforms of its economic policy.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for or subscribed by several parties
the common pursea1400
common1540
purse1602
stock-pursea1665
subscription1730
slush fund1839
kitty1887
tarpaulin muster1889
tronc1928
International Monetary Fund1944
1944 H. Morgenthau in U.N. Monetary & Financial Conf. p. iii The International Monetary Fund agreed upon at Bretton Woods will help remedy this situation [sc. economic tactics which contribute to world-wide depression and war].
1945 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. (Late City ed.) 1/4 The International Monetary Fund..came into being today when representatives of twenty-eight nations signed documents confirming that their Governments had ratified the Bretton Woods agreement.
1955 Times 4 July 13/4 The International Monetary Fund has agreed to a change in the par value of the Nicaraguan cordoba from five to seven a United States dollar.
1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1075/2 The British Government this week decided to extend for 12 months its $738,530,000 standby credit with the International Monetary Fund.
2005 A. Beattie Cairo v. 204 In 1977 the International Monetary Fund demanded that Egypt reduce the subsidies that made food in the country artificially cheap.
international orange n. any of several shades of a deep, bright orange colour, often used (esp. in engineering and the aerospace industry) to make objects clearly visible from a distance.In quot. 1928: an orange colour marketed by the International Paper Company. It is unclear if this is the same shade denoted by later use.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [noun] > bright orange
fire colour1485
flame-colour1608
international orange1928
1928 Pulp & Paper Mag. 13 Sept. 1265/2 The following standard colors belong to the acid group: International red, International blue, International orange, International nigrosine.
1929 Air Trav. News Apr. 95/1 International Orange is used on the wings and tail surfaces, in combination with Diana Cream on the fuselage.
1967 ‘G. Carr’ Lewker in Tirol vi. 85 The cagoule is in the colour we call ‘international orange’..so that climbers in difficulties can quickly be found and rescued.
2010 A. Dalton Long, Dangerous Coastline xiii. 105 The [Golden Gate] bridge..was painted in a bright colour known as international orange in order to make it more visible, especially in fog.
international person n. International Law a state or organization recognized as having rights and obligations under international law; cf. person n. 7.
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1863 Dano-German Confl, 57 There is no à priori reason why the Diet should not act corporately as an international person.
1923 N.Y. Times 1 July 17/ 1 (heading) Justice rules that the United States of Mexico is an ‘international person’.
1971 Mod. Law Rev. 34 vi. 613 The sovereignty of the United Kingdom as an international person has been abridged..a..formidable camel for a court to swallow.
2013 M. Karavis Corporate Obligations under Internat. Law i. 14 To negate this principle would do away with the duty of international persons to behave in accordance with international law.
international personality n. International Law (also more fully international legal personality) the fact or status of having rights and obligations under international law; (also occasionally) a state, organization, or individual holding this status, an international person; cf. personality n. 7c.
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1854 R. Phillimore Comm. Internat. Law I. Contents p. xxvii Extinction of a state... A state may lose its International Personality.
1878 J. A. Foote Foreign & Domest. Law i. v. 89 A distinction between ordinary foreign corporations and those greater international personalities which are commonly called states.
1917 H. N. Brailsford League of Nations I. ix. 288 It might..be possible to create for them [sc. financial syndicates] an international legal status—to invent the conception of an international legal personality—so that they might sue or be sued before the Court of The Hague.
1959 R. A. Graham Vatican Diplomacy vii. 185 Could the papacy..be properly regarded as a member of the international community of the law of nations? This was tantamount to asking whether the papacy had ‘international personality’.
2006 A. Clapham Human Rights Obligations of Non-state Actors ii. 64 International personality and capacity to act on the international plane are presented as necessary conditions for the exercise of these functions and rights.
International Phonetic Alphabet n. Linguistics (with the) a system for universal phonetic transcription using symbols based on the Roman and Greek alphabets, introduced in 1888; abbreviated IPA.
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society > communication > writing > system of writing > alphabet > [noun] > phonetic
International Phonetic Alphabet1894
initial teaching alphabet1962
1894 Mod. Lang. Notes 9 439 Mr. Nyrop..has not undertaken to invent a new system of transcription, but has adopted nearly all the signs of the international phonetic alphabet.
1964 J. Downing Initial Teaching Alphabet p. ix Some educational reformers..favour an alternative type of..‘systematized notation’ such as the International Phonetic Alphabet.
2003 P. H. Matthews Linguistics: Very Short Introd. iv. 50 Both phrases are transcribed with symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet.
international relations n. relations between nations, national governments, international organizations, etc., esp. involving political, economic, social, and cultural exchanges; the study of such relations, esp. as an academic discipline.
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1803 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 345 The balance of power, and the general system of international relations which has grown up in modern Europe.
1889 Statesman Nov. 122 The All-American Congress..only deals with international relations..for this hemisphere.
1914 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. 8/8 The need for instruction in international relations is earnestly advanced.
1933 V. Brittain Test. of Youth x. 499 A vacation spent in reading Grotius and Machiavelli and Treitschke in preparation for my special subject, ‘International Relations’.
1974 Times 15 Feb. 14/1 Renegotiation of our membership of the European Community..will add yet another uncertainty to international relations.
1996 Here's Health Oct. 34/1 She studied business and languages at Syracuse university and the Sorbonne, then did a masters in international relations.
2009 V. D. Cha Beyond Final Score ii. 33 The study of international relations aims to explain war and peace, diplomacy and statecraft, foreign policy, and trade and commerce.
international style n. (a) the International Gothic style of art; cf. International Gothic adj. and n.; (b) a style of modernist architecture characterized by rational design, clean lines, cuboid shapes, and often incorporating steel, concrete, and large expanses of glass.In sense (b) associated esp. with the work of Walter Gropius (1883–1969) and Le Corbusier (1887–1965).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > ancient, primitive, or pre-Renaissance > [noun] > Gothic art
international style1911
International Gothic1929
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > other styles
transition1730
pasticcio1750
symmetrophobia1809
rococo1835
flamboyantism1846
collegiate Gothic1851
vernacular architecture1857
Neo-Grec1867
modernism1879
wedding-cake1879
Queen Anne1883
Colonial Revival1889
Chicago school1893
Dutch colonial1894
English colonial1894
monumentalism1897
vernacular1910
international style1911
Churrigueresque1913
postmodernism1914
prairie style1914
rationalism1918
lavatory style1919
functionalism1924
Mudéjar1927
façadism1933
open plan1938
Wrenaissance1942
pseudo1945
brutalism1953
open planning1958
neo-Liberty1959
Queen Annery1966
Jugendstil1967
moderne1968
strip architecture1976
high-tech1978
1911 Burlington Mag. May 110/1 That so-called international style which manifested itself in such highly distinguished representatives.
1932 H. R. Hitchcock & P. Johnson Internat. Style i. 20 There is, first, a new conception of architecture as volume rather than mass. Secondly, regularity rather than axial symmetry serves as the chief means of ordering design. These two principles, with a third proscribing arbitrary applied decoration, mark the productions of the international style.
1937 Time 8 Feb. 32/1 Walter Gropius, one of the founders of the concrete-pipe-and-plate-glass school of architectural modernism known as the ‘International Style’.
1950 E. H. Gombrich Story of Art xiii. 178 The style of the Gothic painters and sculptors of that period is known as the International Style.
2001 Old-house Jrnl. July 28/2 Architectural movements like De Stijl and the International Style were evolving in Europe.
international unit n. (a) any of various physical or monetary units agreed upon internationally; spec. (in later use) one forming part of the International System; cf. sense A. 6; (b) Biology and Pharmacology a unit of drug, enzyme, or other biologically active substance as defined by an international body and accepted by international agreement; see unit n. 10c.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > measure > [noun] > unit
international unit1857
microunit1900
morgan1919
megaunit1920
S1942
Svedberg unit1942
quantum1952
Somogyi unit1956
cistron1957
1857International unit [see sense A. 6].
1921 Lancet 24 Dec. 1339/1 Fix for both these sera an antitoxin unit which could be generally accepted and acknowledged as an International Unit.
1934 Brit. Inst. Radiol. Year Bk. 39 The International Unit of X-radiation shall be called the ‘Röntgen’.
1970 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 3/2 The Medical Research Council now requires that all influenza vaccines should contain 600 of the new international units of virus to each human dose.
2011 W. Lewin For Love of Physics ix. 174 The international unit by which energy is measured, the joule, was named after him.
2013 A. M. Karch 2013 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 334/2 Unstable angina: 120 international units/kg subcutaneously every 12 hr with aspirin therapy for 5-8 days.
international water n. International Law (a) = international waterway n.; (b) (chiefly in plural) the areas of the sea outside the territorial jurisdiction of any nation; the high seas (now the usual sense).
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > open to all nations
high seaeOE
mare liberum1651
international water1858
1858 tr. Die Zeit (Berlin) in Morning Chron. 14 Jan. 3/1 If in previous treaties the declarations relative to the freedom of navigation in international waters [Ger. auf den internationalen Strömen] are not directly connected with the work of peace, it is quite otherwise with the Treaty of Paris. The free navigation of the Danube forms one of the essential provisions of that act.
1893 Rep. Sel. Comm. Sea Fisheries: Minutes of Evid. 60/2 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 377) XV. 17 Would you be in favour of any limitation being put upon our own men in international waters unless it was equally put on the fishermen of other nationalities?
1905 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 17 Mar. 2724 We are now legislating in regard to an international water, in respect of which the province has no authority at all.
1983 S. Sayer in M. Anderson Frontier Regions in W. Europe 66 Transfrontier water pollution is not restricted to rivers; international waters such as Lake Constance and Lake Geneva..are also affected.
1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 Jan. 10 a Support ships..planned to take up position in international water off Colombia.
2007 R. Muchamore Fall 4 The helicopter tracked the crippled boat for ninety minutes as it headed for the safety of international waters.
international waterway n. International Law a strait, canal, river, or lake lying between or passing through two or more nations, or forming a passage between two areas of the high seas, regarded as freely navigable under international law; cf. international water n. (a).
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1876 Northern Echo 19 Oct. 2/6 The African coast trending northwards at Tunis, the Italian Peninsula and the island of Sicily thrust southward, narrow the international waterway [sc. the Strait of Sicily] at this point.
1912 J. W. Alexander in J. R. Knowland Panama Canal Tolls (1913) 65 The Welland Canal connects international waterways—Lake Erie and Ontario.
1922 Fortn. Rev. Nov. 775 If the Thames, instead of being an English river, was an important international waterway, the great majority of Englishmen would no doubt object very strongly to its strategical freedom.
2003 M. Fitzmaurice in M. Evans Internat. Law ii. vi. 184 Treaties..establishing freedom of navigation in international waterways such as the Suez Canal, Kiel Canal, and the Turkish Straits.
International Workingmen's Association n. now historical an association of socialist workers' groups, established in London in 1864 under the leadership of Karl Marx and formally dissolved in 1876; = First International n. at sense B. 3b.
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1864 Minute Bk. 12 Oct. in Documents First Internat. (Inst. Marxism-Leninism) (?1963) I. 40 Mr. Whitlock proposed and Mr. Eccarius seconded: That the name of the Association be the International Working Men's Association.
1881 T. Kirkup in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 189/1 The International Working Men's Association, commonly called the ‘International’, was formed at London in 1864.
1899 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 425/1 The government adopted the Machiavellian course of prosecuting us for having belonged to the International Workingmen's Association.
1964 Hays (Kansas) Daily News 28 Sept. 8/1 Marx founded the International Working Men's Association in 1864 as an instrument for revolution in Europe.
2001 R. Pipes Communism i. 15 The theories formulated by Marx and Engels provided the program of the International Workingmen's Association.
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