Multinational Meaning
/mˌʌˌltaɪˈnæʃənəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country).
adjOperating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two).
Sentence Examples
The multinational corporation lowered the price of several products.
My sister works as a secretary in a big multinational.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ corporation operates factories in over twenty countries worldwide and employs thousands of people.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ corporation has several branch offices in over fifty different countries and employs many thousands of people from various different backgrounds.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English national English multinational From multi- + national.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah."
— 2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
"By operating within many nations, but ouside them at the same time, multinational firms create possibilities of change even in the world political structure"
— 1970, Martyn, Howe, “Foreward”, in Multinational Business Management, Rowman & Littlefield (imprint Lexington Books), →ISBN:
"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.""
— 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 14:
"The G8 leaders also called on multinationals to make a full disclosure to the taxman over how much tax they pay in different countries."
— 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 68:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ corporation operates factories in over twenty countries worldwide and employs thousands of people.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ corporation has several branch offices in over fifty different countries and employs many thousands of people from various different backgrounds.