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- pronunciation:
- fe
d
rl
[or]
fe
drl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to a system of government in which a number of states are united under and recognize the authority of a central government, yet have their own governments as well.
The founding fathers decided on a federal system of government for this country. |
| definition 2: |
of or relating to such a central authority, often as opposed to state or local authority.
The president is the head of the federal government, whereas a governor is the head of a state government.There are federal, state, and local laws.Harassing someone using the Internet is a federal crime. |
| related words: |
public, state |
(adj.)federal
+ noun
administration,
agency,
agent,
aid,
antitrust,
appeal,
approval,
assistance,
authority,
bailout,
ban,
bank,
bankruptcy,
bench,
board,
budget,
building,
bureaucracy,
chairman,
charge,
communication,
court,
courthouse,
debt,
deficit,
deposit,
dollar,
election,
emergency,
employee,
enforcement,
expenditure,
financing,
fraud,
fund,
funding,
government,
grant,
guideline,
housing,
immigration,
income,
indictment,
inspector,
insurance,
investigation,
investigator,
judge,
judiciary,
jurisdiction,
jury,
land,
law,
lawmaker,
lawsuit,
legislation,
loan,
management,
mandate,
marshal,
mortgage,
official,
oversight,
penitentiary,
prison,
program,
prosecution,
prosecutor,
protection,
railroad,
register,
regulation,
regulator,
requirement,
restriction,
rule,
ruling,
spending,
standard,
statute,
subsidy,
tax,
trade,
welfare
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| derivation: |
federally (adv.) |
The word federal
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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