multinational
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Operating in or involving several nations or nationalities: Describes an entity, typically a company or organization, whose activities, operations, or composition span multiple countries.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The multinational corporation has offices in over fifty countries.
- A multinational peacekeeping force was deployed to the region.
- Their research is a multinational collaboration between scientists from three continents.
Advanced Usage
"Multinational enterprise (MNE)": A formal economic term for a large corporation that operates in multiple countries.
- The study focused on the tax strategies of multinational enterprises.
"Multinational state": A sovereign state that comprises two or more nations or nationalities.
- Historically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a classic multinational state.
Variants and Related Words
Multinationalism (n): The condition or policy of involving multiple nations; the principle of multinational cooperation.
- The treaty was a victory for economic multinationalism.
Transnational (adj): Extending or operating across national boundaries. Often used similarly to "multinational," but can emphasize operations that transcend national borders rather than simply operating within multiple separate ones.
- They formed a transnational alliance to combat cybercrime.
Synonyms
- International: Existing, occurring, or carried on between nations.
- Global: Relating to the whole world; worldwide.
Related Phrases
- Multinational conglomerate: A large multinational corporation composed of diverse, often unrelated businesses.
- The multinational conglomerate owns brands in the food, media, and energy sectors.
Adjective
- involving or operating in several nations or nationalities
- multinational corporations
- transnational terrorist networks