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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Na·tion na·tion ETYMOLOGY Middle English nacioun, from Anglo-French naciun, from Latin nation-, natio birth, race, nation, from nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin DATE 14th century 1. a. (1) nationality 5a (2) a politically organized nationality (3) a non-Jewish nationality why do the nations conspire — Psalms 2:1 (Revised Standard Version) b. a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government c. a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status 2. archaic : group , aggregation 3. a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians) English Etymology nation c.1300, from O.Fr . nacion, from L. nationem (nom. natio) "nation, stock, race," lit. "that which has been born," from natus,pp. of nasci "be born" (Old L. gnasci; see genus). Political sense has gradually taken over from racial meaning "large group of people with common ancestry." Older sense preserved in application to N.Amer. Indian peoples (1640s). Nation-buildingfirst attested 1907 (implied in nation-builder).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ nation na·tion / 5neiFn / noun1. [C] a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government 国家；民族: an independent nation 独立的国家 the African nations 非洲各国 2. [sing.] all the people in a country 国民 SYN population :
The entire nation, it seemed, was watching TV. 好像全国的人都在看电视。 • na·tion·hood / 5neiFnhud / noun [U] : Citizenship is about the sense of nationhood. 公民身分涉及国家意识。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English nation noun ADJ. large | little, small | major | great, leading, powerful, strong | advanced, developed, industrial, industrialized | developing, emergent, emerging, less-developed, Third World | affluent, prosperous, rich, wealthy the richest nation on earth | poor | civilized | backward | new | young | ancient, old | free, independent, sovereign | democratic | capitalist | united | divided | entire, whole The entire nation mourned her death. | foreign | Western the imperialist expansion of Western nations in the 1880s | Arab, European, French, etc. | maritime, oil-producing, trading | nuclear | creditor, debtor In 1950 the UK was the world's largest debtor nation and the US the largest creditor. | host France was host nation for the 1998 World Cup. | member the member nations of the UN VERB + NATION create They wanted to create a new nation. | unite The fight against terrorism seemed to unite the nation. | divide | govern, lead | shock the savage murder that shocked the nation NATION + NOUN building The biggest task of the government was to address national unity and nation building. | state PREP. across a/the ~ swings in public opinion across the nation | among ~ economic inequality among the nations of the world | in/within a/the ~ In the nation as a whole there is no desire for war. | ~ of They are a nation of food lovers. PHRASES the birth of a nation, the interests of a nation, the life of a nation They hoped that the exhibition would enhance the cultural life of the nation. | the nation as a whole, the nation at large The new economic policies were in the best interests of the nation at large. | the nations of the world Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: most-favored-nation , or most-favored-nation clause , or nation-state , or creditor nation , or debtor nation , or folk nationna·tion I. \ˈnāshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English nacioun, from Middle French nation, from Latin nation-, natio birth, race, people, nation, from gnatus, natus (past participle of nasci to be born) + -ion-, -io -ion; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin 1. a. (1) : nationality 5a < after the division of Poland … the nation existed without a state — F.A.Magruder > < three Slav peoples … forged into a Yugoslavia without really fusing into a Yugoslav nation — Hans Kohn > (2) : a politically organized nationality; especially : one having independent existence in a nation-state b. : a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government < India is … a member nation of the British Commonwealth — New York Times Magazine > < Canada is a nation with a written constitution — B.K.Sandwell > — compare state c. : a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status < a Roman province was far above a satrapy though far below a nation — Goldwin Smith > < a nation of vast size with a small population — Mary K. Hammond > 2. archaic : a particular group or aggregation (as of men or animals) < the scaly nations of the sea profound — John Dryden > < you are a subtle nation, you physicians — Ben Jonson > 3. a. : a division of the student body forming a relatively independent community within a medieval university and comprising students from a particular locality (as a country or region) b. : a similar division of students at Glasgow and Aberdeen universities in Scotland for the purpose of electing a rector < the nations into which the body of matriculated students is divided — Glasgow University Cal. > 4. a. : tribe : a federation of tribes (as of American Indians); specifically : one having a measure of political cohesion < that part of the Shawnee nation inhabiting the upper Savannah river — Geraldine De Courcy > < the five nations of Iroquois > b. : the territory occupied by such a tribe or federation of American Indians Synonyms: see race II. adjective Etymology: short for damnation, from damnation, n. chiefly dialect : great , large < there was a nation sight of folks there — T.C.Haliburton > III. adverb Etymology: short for damnation, from damnation, n. chiefly dialect : extremely , very < I'm nation sorry for you — Mark Twain > IV. noun (-s) Etymology: short for damnation chiefly dialect : damnation < nation seize such husbands as you seem to get — Thomas Hardy > < what in the nation are we doing down here — MacKinlay Kantor > < how in the nation are these fellows going to be ransomed — Mark Twain > |
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