domesticadjective
uk/dəˈmes.tɪk/us/dəˈmes.tɪk/domestic adjective (COUNTRY)
B2 relating to a person's own country:
domestic airlines/flights
Domestic opinion had turned against the war.
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- The prime minister's globetrotting has led to accusations that he is ignoring domestic problems.
- The domestic market is still depressed, but demand abroad is picking up.
- The reduction of crime levels is the centrepiece of the president's domestic policies.
- Sadly, his reforms opened up a Pandora's box of domestic problems.
- As the NEC's deputy for domestic policy issues, Sperling has functioned as both policy wonk and political guru.
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation-state
- national
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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domestic adjective (HOME)
B2 belonging or relating to the home, house, or family:
domestic chores/duties/arrangements
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- This week's broadcast features a report on victims of domestic violence.
- domestic harmony
- Some of the wolves had interbred with domestic dogs.
- Most domestic hobs have four gas or electric rings.
- The report documents the staggering amount of domestic violence against women.
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Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- door-to-door
- down
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- gaff
- habitation
- lodging
- pad
- place
- premises
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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domestically
adverb uk/dəˈmes.tɪ.kəl.i/us/dəˈmes.tɪ.kəl.i/
Such a policy would be unacceptable both domestically and internationally.
domesticnoun [ C ]
uk/dəˈmes.tɪk/us/dəˈmes.tɪk/domestic noun [ C ] (CRIME)
mainly UK informal a fight or attack that happens in a home between people who know each other:
Police officers should never dismiss a violent incident as "a domestic".
domestic noun [ C ] (SERVANT)
old-fashioned also domestic help someone paid to do work, such as cleaning and cooking, in someone else's house
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People who clean & tidy places & things
- chambermaid
- char
- charlady
- charwoman
- chimney sweep
- cleaner
- daily
- dishwasher
- home help
- housekeeper
- sweep
- sweeper
- valet