multinational

CEFRB2

/mˌʌˌltaɪˈnæʃənəl/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Operating in or involving several different countries.

  2. 02

    noun

    A company operating in several different countries.

Examples

  • My sister works as a secretary in a big multinational.

  • The multinational corporation lowered the price of several products.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings
  1. A multinational company.

  2. Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two).

  3. Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country).

More examples

In context
  • By operating within many nations, but ouside them at the same time, multinational firms create possibilities of change even in the world political structure

  • The G8 leaders also called on multinationals to make a full disclosure to the taxman over how much tax they pay in different countries.

  • Some managers seemed sympathetic to the study, although they encouraged me to recast it as a technical issue, such as the "problem of executive succession in multinationals."

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank corporation operates factories in over twenty countries worldwide and employs thousands of people.

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Origin

adjective

From multi- + national.