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A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.
Edward Heath

Meaning of "diplomat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIPLOMAT

diplomat  [ˈdɪpləˌmæt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIPLOMAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diplomat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIPLOMAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Diplomat

A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and friendly relations. Diplomats are the oldest form of any of the foreign policy institutions of the state, predating by centuries foreign ministers and ministerial offices.

Definition of diplomat in the English dictionary

The definition of diplomat in the dictionary is an official, such as an ambassador or first secretary, engaged in diplomacy. Other definition of diplomat is a person who deals with people tactfully or skilfully.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIPLOMAT


achromat
ˈækrəˌmæt
anastigmat
æˈnæstɪɡˌmæt
automat
ˈɔːtəˌmæt
cocomat
ˈkəʊkəʊˌmæt
dichromat
ˈdaɪkrəˌmæt
doormat
ˈdɔːˌmæt
hazmat
ˈhæzˌmæt
intermat
ˈɪntəˌmæt
Laundromat
ˈlɔːndrəˌmæt
mousemat
ˈmaʊsˌmæt
trichromat
ˈtraɪkrəʊˌmæt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIPLOMAT

diploma mill
diplomacies
diplomacy
diplomate
diplomatese
diplomatic
diplomatic bag
diplomatic body
diplomatic corps
diplomatic immunity
diplomatic pouch
Diplomatic Service
diplomatic shuttle
diplomatical
diplomatically
diplomatics
diplomatise
diplomatist
diplomatize
diplomatology

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIPLOMAT

apochromat
bathmat
beermat
drip mat
Fermat
gammat
go back to the mat
hierogrammat
large-format
mat
monochromat
place mat
prayer mat
preformat
reformat
summat
superdiplomat
surf mat
tablemat
yoga mat

Synonyms and antonyms of diplomat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DIPLOMAT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «diplomat» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of diplomat

Translation of «diplomat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIPLOMAT

Find out the translation of diplomat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of diplomat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diplomat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外交官
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diplomático
570 millions of speakers

English

diplomat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राजनयिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دِبْلُوماسيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дипломат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diplomata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কূটনীতিজ্ঞ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diplomate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diplomat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Diplomat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

外交官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외교관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diplomat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà ngoại giao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூதர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुत्सद्दी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diplomat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diplomatico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dyplomata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дипломат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diplomat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διπλωμάτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diplomaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diplomat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diplomat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diplomat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPLOMAT»

The term «diplomat» is very widely used and occupies the 19.676 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPLOMAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «diplomat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «diplomat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diplomat

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10 QUOTES WITH «DIPLOMAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word diplomat.
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Madeleine Albright
I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
2
Benazir Bhutto
My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.
3
Robert Bourassa
A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a whole week, we were unable to find those that had effected the kidnappings.
4
Geraldine Brooks
And one of the things that I learned was you can't generalise at all about a woman in a veil. You can't think you know her story, because she will confound you over and over again. She may be an engineer or a diplomat or a doctor. Or she may be an unbelievable babe with bleached hair down to her waist.
5
John le Carre
I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in extreme privacy. As an intelligence officer in the guise of a junior diplomat at the British Embassy in Bonn, I was a secret to my colleagues, and much of the time to myself.
6
David Cunliffe
I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
7
Fay Godwin
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
8
Edward Heath
A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.
9
John Keegan
It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.
10
Muhtar Kent
While my father was a diplomat rather than a business person, I count him as a critically important formative role model. He was comfortable living and working all around the world, wherever he was assigned.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIPLOMAT»

Discover the use of diplomat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diplomat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite
For more than 15 years, Ross was a British diplomat on the frontlines of numerous international crises, including the war in Afghanistan.
Carne Ross, 2007
2
Diplomat's Dictionary
This dictionary grew out of the experiences, readings, & reflections of a career diplomat well versed in the arts of persuasion, diplomacy, & discretion, & tested during times of crisis.
Charles W. Freeman, Jr., 1994
3
A Diplomat Reveals
Memoirs of the author, Indian diplomat.
Prem K. Budhwar, 2007
4
A Diplomat's Daughter
Victoria Montes offers this story of her life growing up in Pakistan as a diplomat's daughter.
Victoria Montes, 2007
5
Cecil Spring Rice: A Diplomat's Life
This work examined the career of Cecil Spring Rice in detail from 1887 when Rice was posted to the British Legation in Washington and subsequent posts in Tokyo, Berlin, Tehran, Constantipople, Cairo, Petrograd, and Stockholm.
David Henry Burton, 1990
6
Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years ...
A. DIPLOMAT. IN. JAPAN. CHAPTER I APPOINTMENT AS STUDENT INTERPRETER AT YEDO (1861) MY thoughts were first drawn to Japan by a mere accident. In my eighteenth year an elder brother brought home from Mudie's Library the ...
Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1921
7
Defiant Diplomat George Platt Waller: American Consul in ...
American diplomat George Platt Waller s memoir of his experiences in Luxembourg from 1939-1941 reveals the plight of a small neutral country invaded by Nazi Germany.
George Platt Waller, Willard Allen Fletcher, Jean Tucker Fletcher, 2012
8
The Ambassador: Inside the Life of a Working Diplomat
How diplomats really shape world politics as seen through the working life of verteran diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly, and former Swedish Ambassador to the U.S., Jan Eliasson.
John Shaw, 2006
9
The Poet and the Diplomat: The Correspondence of Dag ...
"Marie-Noelle Little's expansive prologue to this book sets the stage for situating the two world-renowned personalities in their exchange of letters during the six years before Hammarskjold's death.
Saint-John Perse, Dag Hammarskjöld, Marie-Noëlle Little, 2001
10
The Constant Diplomat: Robert Ford in Moscow
The Constant Diplomat uncovers the experiences that informed Ford's capacity to understand the Russians and provides a clear picture of the evolving Soviet domestic, political, social, and cultural scene from the late Stalin era through to ...
Charles A. Ruud, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIPLOMAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diplomat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Iranian Diplomat: Israel Benefits From ISIS Terrorism In Middle East
That claim comes from a senior diplomat in Iran, as he asks Muslim nations in the Middle East to unite for the sake of region's future. Hossein ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
2
Barack Obama picks career diplomat as ambassador in Libya | Zee …
Washington: President Barack Obama has tapped a career diplomat with extensive experience in global hot spots to head the sensitive post of ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
3
The Philippines' Dilemma on China's New … - The Diplomat
Earlier this year, China was painfully isolated during the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier security forum, when it came under criticism from ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
4
The Singapore Military's New Armored Vehicle | The Diplomat
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF), seen by The Diplomat, The Peacekeeper is a marked improvement on ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
5
The Truth About Philippine Military Modernization … - The Diplomat
Yesterday, reports surfaced that the Philippine military was “ramping up” its military spending amid a rising threat from China most clearly ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
6
Myanmar Reveals Date for Historic 2015 Elections | The Diplomat
Myanmar has confirmed its historic general elections for November 8, an official from the country's election commission reportedly said ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
7
India Inks New Nuclear Deal with Kazakhstan | The Diplomat
The recent deal will see Kazakhstan supply India with 5,000 metric tons of uranium between 2015 and 2019. Putz_Catherine. By Catherine ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
8
A Diplomat's Diet At The Iran Nuclear Talks: Twizzlers And String …
Washington (CNN) It's a diet that sounds more suited for college freshmen than seasoned diplomats, but it's what's sustained the U.S. team ... «WSPA.com, Jul 15»
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Resignation Casts Further Doubts Over Khmer … - The Diplomat
The international co-investigating judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, Mark Harmon, has resigned casting further doubts over whether fresh ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
10
Asakawa named as top financial diplomat - The Japan News
Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) — The Finance Ministry said international policy veteran Masatsugu Asakawa will become the country's top financial ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Diplomat [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/diplomat>. May 2024 ».
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