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domestic
[ duh-mes-tik ]
adjective
- of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family:
domestic pleasures.
- devoted to home life or household affairs.
- no longer wild; domesticated; tame:
domestic animals.
- of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries:
domestic trade.
- indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native:
domestic goods.
noun
- a hired household servant.
- something produced or manufactured in one's own country.
- domestics, household items made of cloth, as sheets, towels, and tablecloths.
domestic
/ əˈɛɪ /
adjective
- of or involving the home or family
- enjoying or accustomed to home or family life
- (of an animal) bred or kept by man as a pet or for purposes such as the supply of food
- of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country
domestic and foreign affairs
noun
- a household servant
- informal.(esp in police use) an incident of violence in the home, esp between a man and a woman
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·t·· adverb
- t··t adjective
- anti··t·· adverb
- ԴDzd·t adjective noun
- non·t·· adverb
- d·t adjective
- pre·t·· adverb
- i··t adjective
- semi··t·· adverb
- ܲd·t adjective
- un·t·· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of domestic1
Example Sentences
This is more of a risk for imports that compete with US domestic production, such as oil, soybeans, copper, iron ore, gold, and lithium.
While neighboring countries often have territorial disputes, he said Mexican governments, particularly those associated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, made the U.S. the boogeyman in order to drum up domestic support, he said.
Albanese's proposal says that minerals in the reserve will be available to both "domestic industry and international partners", in a likely reference to allies such as the US and EU.
About half a million people in the UK currently live in supported housing, including young care leavers, army veterans, people with learning disabilities and those escaping homelessness or domestic abuse.
"Obviously there are strains. We are all following what's happening in our domestic bond markets, in our equity markets, and we all know that that uncertainty is bad for investment in the UK economy."
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