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Stephanie Herseth

Meaning of "multinational" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MULTINATIONAL

multinational  [ˌmʌltɪˈnæʃənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MULTINATIONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Multinational can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MULTINATIONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Multinational

The word multinational can refer to: ▪ A multinational corporation ▪ A multinational military force ▪ A multinational state ▪ International ▪ Multiethnic ▪ Transnational...

Definition of multinational in the English dictionary

The definition of multinational in the dictionary is operating in several countries. Other definition of multinational is such a company.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MULTINATIONAL


additional
əˈdɪʃənəl
antinational
ˌæntɪˈnæʃənəl
antirational
ˌæntɪˈræʃənəl
binational
ˌbaɪˈnæʃənəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
hyperrational
ˌhaɪpəˈræʃənəl
international
ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəl
intranational
ˌɪntrəˈnæʃənəl
irrational
ɪˈræʃənəl
national
ˈnæʃənəl
nonnational
ˌnɒnˈnæʃənəl
nonrational
nɒnˈræʃənəl
passional
ˈpæʃənəl
rational
ˈræʃənəl
subnational
sʌbˈnæʃənəl
subrational
sʌbˈræʃənəl
suprarational
ˌsuːprəˈræʃənəl
transnational
trænzˈnæʃənəl
ultranational
ˌʌltrəˈnæʃənəl
ultrarational
ˌʌltrəˈræʃənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MULTINATIONAL

multimember
multimetallic
multimeter
multimillennial
multimillion
multimillionaire
multimodal
multimode
multimolecular
multination
multinomial
multinominal
multinuclear
multinucleate
multinucleolate
multiorgasmic
multipack
multipage
multipaned
multipara

WORDS THAT END LIKE MULTINATIONAL

conventional
dimensional
emotional
exceptional
functional
inspirational
institutional
occasional
occupational
operational
optional
organizational
personal
professional
promotional
recreational
regional
the National
the Second International
traditional
transitional

Synonyms and antonyms of multinational in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «multinational» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MULTINATIONAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

跨国的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

multinacional
570 millions of speakers

English

multinational
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुराष्ट्रीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُتَعَدِدُ الْـجِنْسِيَّات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многонациональный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

multinacional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহুজাতিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

multinational
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Multinasional
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

multinational
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多国籍の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다국적의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Multinasional
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đa quốc gia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்னாட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुराष्ट्रीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok uluslu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

multinazionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielonarodowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатонаціональний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

multinațional
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυεθνικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

multinasionale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

multinationell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flernasjonal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of multinational

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MULTINATIONAL»

The term «multinational» is very widely used and occupies the 19.865 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MULTINATIONAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «multinational» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «multinational» 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 multinational

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10 QUOTES WITH «MULTINATIONAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word multinational.
1
Peter Bart
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
2
Ahmed Ben Bella
In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
3
Shukla Bose
Parikrma aims to give underprivileged children an equal chance at education so they can integrate with kids of private schools and, later, with the society. I want these children to hold high-end jobs at multinational companies and not work at the lower end of the spectrum.
4
Jerry Brown
Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division.
5
Kim Edwards
Lexington is home to the University of Kentucky, where my husband and I teach, as well as to Transylvania University, the oldest college established west of the Allegheny Mountains, and several multinational companies; people come and go from all over the world.
6
Laurence D. Fink
I like multinational companies. They may have 40 to 60 percent of their engines of growth in the United States, but I do like the diversification of being more global.
7
Thomas Friedman
In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us to multinational companies, it went from size medium to size small. And then around 2000 came Globalization 3.0, in which the world went from being small to tiny.
8
Frank Gaffney
Sharia is the impetus behind multinational diplomatic efforts to accommodate Sharia blasphemy prohibitions on expression that offends Muslims.
9
Peter Blair Henry
Fear of foreign domination in India led the Janata Party, in the 1970s, to push for partial Indian ownership of all multinational firms within the country. The result was a spectacular pullback, by companies such as IBM and Coca-Cola, and a stagnant economy.
10
Stephanie Herseth
We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MULTINATIONAL»

Discover the use of multinational in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to multinational and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Multinational Financial Management
The book builds its coverage of international finance on the framework of valuation established by domestic corporate finance.
Alan C. Shapiro, 2009
2
Multinational Democracies
In this 2001 book, political scientists provide a collaborative study of multinational democracies and the difficulties in governing them.
Alain-G. Gagnon, James Tully, 2001
3
Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy
For many years to come this volume. . .is surely going to be the ultimate reference work on international business. . . thanks to Dunning and Lundan, have at their disposal, a wealth of relevant data, as well as theoretical and empirical ...
John H. Dunning, Sarianna M. Lundan, 2008
4
Multinational Firms in the World Economy
However, the debate on these companies and foreign direct investment is rarely grounded on sound economic arguments. This book brings clarity to the debate.
Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Anthony Venables, 2004
5
Multinational Finance: Evaluating Opportunities, Costs, and ...
This book provides a framework for evaluating the many opportunities, costs, and risks of multinational operations in a manner that allows readers to see beyond the math and terminology surrounding this field to realize the general ...
Kirt C. Butler, 2012
6
Multinational Federalism: Problems and Prospects
This book offers state of the art reflections on these questions by thirteen leading experts in the field of multinational federalism.
Michel Seymour, Alain-G Gagnon, 2012
7
Multinational Corporations and Global Justice: Human Rights ...
This text attempts to work out the normative basis underlying the responsibilities of multinational corporations—thereby filling a crucial void in the literature and marking a milestone in the CSR debate.
Florian Wettstein, 2009
8
Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights: Obligations ...
This well-researched book examines how the European Union could do more to ensure that EU-based multinational enterprises (MNEs) respect human rights when operating in third world countries.
Alexandra Gatto, 2011
9
Nation-States and the Multinational Corporation: A Political ...
To what extent do conditions of governance and politics matter? This book provides the most systematic exploration to date of these crucial questions at the nexus of politics and economics.
Nathan M. Jensen, 2008
10
The Multinational Enterprise and Legal Control: Host State ...
This long-awaited new book from Cynthia Day Wallace picks up the thread of her best-selling "Legal Control of the Multinational Enterprise: National Regulatory Techniques and the Prospects for International Controls," In the present work ...
Cynthia Day Wallace, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MULTINATIONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term multinational is used in the context of the following news items.
1
US Lawmaker Calls for Multinational Ground Force in Syria
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee has urged President Barack Obama to form a multinational ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
2
Multinational Vultures Cluster Round Greece: Airports, Ports, Tourist …
Multinational Vultures Cluster Round Greece: Airports, Ports, Tourist Resorts, Energy Assets and Utilities. By Global Research News. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
3
Multinational Air Force to Take on Boko Haram
The president of Nigeria says a multinational African air force will be in place within 10 days to take on the radical Islamic group Boko Haram. «Christian Broadcasting Network, Jul 15»
4
Pharmaceutical Industry in China to 2020: An In Depth Analysis of …
NEW YORK, July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- "Pharmaceutical Industry in China to 2020: An In Depth Analysis of Multinational and Chinese ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
5
Monsanto ranked 8th best multinational workplace
For the third consecutive year, Monsanto Company has been named to the list of the World's Best Multinational Workplaces by Great Place to ... «St. Louis American, Jul 15»
6
Multinational Offensive Against Islamic xtremists in Somalia Advance
As a result of the actions being conducted under the name of 'Jubba Corridor' since last Friday by that multinational force of 22,000 troops, the village of Juungal, ... «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»
7
As Apple's offshore cash pile reaches $190B, US Congress moves …
As Apple's offshore cash pile reaches $190B, US Congress moves closer to multinational tax reform. By AppleInsider Staff Wednesday, July 22 ... «Apple Insider, Jul 15»
8
In Pictures: what a multinational MEDEVAC mission involving 11 …
A complex MEDEVAC involving 11 helicopters from 6 different nations was among the highlights of Italian Blade 2015, the largest military ... «The Aviationist, Jul 15»
9
Multinational forces work together to bring a safe and secure …
U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East, alongside partner ... «DVIDS, Jul 15»
10
India blocks Multinational Company patents for spices
New Delhi (Web Desk) – India has successfully blocked two patent claims of US consumer goods major Colgate-Palmolive, which wanted ... «Daily Pakistan, Jul 15»

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