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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
Georges Bataille

Meaning of "sovereign" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOVEREIGN

From Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin superānus (unattested), from Latin super above; also influenced by reign.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SOVEREIGN

sovereign  [ˈsɒvrɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOVEREIGN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sovereign 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 SOVEREIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sovereign

Sovereignty

Sovereignty, in political theory, is a substantive term designating supreme authority over some polity. It is a basic principle underlying the dominant Westphalian model of state foundation. Derived from Latin and the French souveraineté, its attainment and retention, in both Chinese and Western culture, has traditionally been associated with certain moral imperatives upon any claimant.

Definition of sovereign in the English dictionary

The first definition of sovereign in the dictionary is a person exercising supreme authority, esp a monarch. Other definition of sovereign is a former British gold coin worth one pound sterling. Sovereign is also supreme in rank or authority.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOVEREIGN


aspirin
ˈæsprɪn
brethren
ˈbrɛðrɪn
brin
brɪn
Catherine
ˈkæθrɪn
chagrin
ˈʃæɡrɪn
citrine
ˈsɪtrɪn
doctrine
ˈdɒktrɪn
Drin
drɪn
Erin
ˈɪərɪn
florin
ˈflɒrɪn
foreign
ˈfɒrɪn
grin
ɡrɪn
Katharine
ˈkæθərɪn
Katherine
ˈkæθərɪn
Kirin
ˈkiːˈrɪn
mandarin
ˈmændərɪn
Marin
ˈmɑːrɪn
navarin
ˈnævərɪn
Turin
tjʊəˈrɪn
urine
ˈjʊərɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOVEREIGN

sovenance
sovereign debt
sovereignly
sovereignties
sovereigntist
sovereignty
sovereignty association
Sovetsk
soviet
Soviet Central Asia
Soviet of the Nationalities
Soviet of the Union
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Soviet Zone
sovietic
sovietisation
sovietise
sovietism
sovietist

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOVEREIGN

align
antiforeign
assign
benign
campaign
champaign
coreign
deign
design
feign
graphic design
interior design
misfeign
out-reign
redesign
reign
resign
sdeign
sign
web design

Synonyms and antonyms of sovereign in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SOVEREIGN»

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

Translation of «sovereign» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOVEREIGN

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

Translator English - Chinese

具有独立主权的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

soberano
570 millions of speakers

English

sovereign
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रभु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السيادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суверенное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soberano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সার্বভৌম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

souverain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berdaulat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

souverän
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

独立の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

독립된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Berdaulat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ quyền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறையாண்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वोच्च
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

egemen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sovrano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suwerenne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суверенне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suveran
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυρίαρχων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soewereine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

suverän
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

suverene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sovereign

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOVEREIGN»

The term «sovereign» is very widely used and occupies the 16.103 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOVEREIGN» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SOVEREIGN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sovereign.
1
Mahmoud Abbas
I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.
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Iyad Allawi
With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three decades, terrorists have increasingly targeted our country's infrastructure.
3
Sri Aurobindo
Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.
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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
One way to ease liquidity for banks is that the government can buy all highly rated securities held by the banks. Every single bank in the U.A.E. has some sovereign debts in their portfolios. I am not asking them to buy any junk bonds, rather the high quality U.A.E. government debt.
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Georges Bataille
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
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Neal Boortz
If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being.
7
Paul Bremer
It is certainly not unrealistic to think we could have elections by mid-year 2004 and when a sovereign government is installed - my job here will be done.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively.
9
Jack Cade
They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.
10
Edward Coke
Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOVEREIGN»

Discover the use of sovereign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sovereign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sovereign
Book 3 in the highly acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery series, now available from Vintage Canada.
C. J. Sansom, 2012
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Sovereign
SOVEREIGN wonderfully continues the new testament allegory that was introduced in FORBIDDEN and continued in MORTAL.
Ted Dekker, 2013
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Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality
1. Equality of welfare
Ronald Dworkin, 2002
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The Beast and the Sovereign
With The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume 1, the University of Chicago Press inaugurates an ambitious series, edited by Geoffrey Bennington and Peggy Kamuf, translating these important works into English.
Jacques Derrida, Michel Lisse, Marie-Louise Mallet, 2011
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Sovereign Wealth Funds: Threat Or Salvation?
These funds also have a large impact on international markets. This timely book first traces the origins of SWFs and the buildup of international reserves.
Edwin M. Truman, 2011
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Sovereign Debt: From Safety to Default
Engaging and informative, this timely guide will help you put many of the issues associated with this area of international finance in perspective. Sovereign debt?borrowing by governments?has long been a feature of world finance.
Robert W. Kolb, 2011
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The Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of ...
Hendrik Spruyt argues that there was nothing inevitable about the rise of the state system, however.
Hendrik Spruyt, 1996
8
Sovereign Lives: Power in Global Politics
For international relations scholars, discussions of globalization inevitably turn to questions of sovereignty. This text explores these crucial questions about how globalization is impacting on the sovereignty of nations.
Jenny Edkins, Véronique Pin-Fat, Michael J. Shapiro, 2004
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The Sovereign Map: Theoretical Approaches in Cartography ...
A novel work in the history of cartography, The Sovereign Map argues that maps are as much about thinking as seeing, as much about the art of persuasion as the science of geography.
Christian Jacob, Edward H. Dahl, 2006
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The New Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
I believe this book will exhilarate fund managers and academics who want to get an insight into the Sovereign Wealth Funds dynamics.
Massimiliano Castelli, Fabio Scacciavillani, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOVEREIGN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sovereign is used in the context of the following news items.
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Queen's grant: Treasury still controls sovereign fund not Scots
Under the Sovereign Grant Act 2011 the Queen receives an equivalent share of the ... reduces the Crown Estate share of the sovereign grant by £2.2m this year. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
Sovereign Gold Bonds Coming Soon: 10 Facts
The government is planning to come out with sovereign bonds linked to the price of gold in an effort to reduce import of the precious metal. India consumes ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
3
India Outlook Raised by Moody's While Fitch Sees Faster Growth
“There is an increasing probability that actions by policy makers will enhance the country's economic strength and, in turn, the sovereign's financial strength over ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
4
Norway's Sovereign-Wealth Fund Reduces Exposure to Europe
OSLO—Norway's sovereign-wealth fund, the world's biggest, reduced its exposure to Europe to below 40% of its value last year, to balance risks and take ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
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DHS intelligence report warns of domestic right-wing terror threat
Some federal and local law enforcement groups view the domestic terror threat from sovereign citizen groups as equal to -- and in some cases greater than -- the ... «CNN, Feb 15»
6
Florida Deputies Kill 'Sovereign Citizen' After Ambush in Florida
Deputies told NBC station WESH that Paffen identified as a "sovereign citizen." "It means that in many regards, they do not recognize the existing government," ... «NBCNews.com, Feb 15»
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No need for ECB to buy sovereign bonds now: German economic …
"The ECB could quickly react to deflation by buying sovereign bonds if it really had to," he added. "The more active the central bank is ... the bigger the risk that ... «Reuters, Dec 14»
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ECB May Have to Buy Sovereign Bonds, Nowotny Says
VIENNA–With its key interest rates as low as they can go, the European Central Bank may have to buy sovereign bonds if the inflation rate remains low and ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 14»
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PAYDAY: Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund Loves Logistics
Blackstone nixed the IPO route for IndCor after finding a cash rich buyer, an Asian sovereign wealth fund. Affiliates of GIC Private Limited purchased the ... «Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, Dec 14»
10
UK lawmakers to consider shale gas sovereign wealth fund
"With the sovereign wealth fund everyone in the community will benefit, adding to known wider benefits of shale, such as increased tax revenues, growth and ... «Reuters, Nov 14»

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