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- pronunciation:
- ri
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nl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to a particular geographic area.
The children learn the country's official dialect in school but use their regional dialect at home.Now we'll take a look at the regional weather map. |
| definition 2: |
having reference to defined political and administrative units.
The dispute was merely regional. |
| related words: |
local, state |
(adj.)regional
+ noun
administrator,
agency,
agreement,
airline,
airport,
alliance,
ally,
arrangement,
authority,
autonomy,
bank,
bell,
bloc,
boundary,
brokerage,
carrier,
championship,
climate,
coalition,
commander,
commentator,
competition,
conference,
conflict,
context,
cooking,
cooperation,
coordinator,
council,
cuisine,
development,
dialect,
director,
disparity,
distribution,
diversity,
dynamics,
economist,
economy,
fishery,
forum,
framework,
geography,
grouping,
headquarters,
hegemony,
hub,
identity,
initiative,
instability,
integration,
jet,
level,
lymph,
mall,
manager,
metastasis,
network,
node,
office,
organization,
partnership,
planner,
planning,
power,
recurrence,
reporter,
scale,
security,
semifinals,
specialty,
stability,
summit,
superpower,
tension,
theater,
tourism,
trade,
transit,
transportation,
trend,
variation,
wilderness,
winner
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
(often pl.) something such as a sports tournament that serves a particular region.
She scored well at the regionals last spring. |
adjective + (n.)regional
junior, strong, super
verb + (n.)regional
advance, buy, earn, finish, miss, qualify, recommend
noun + (n.)regional
athlete, district, favorite, final, girl, medalist, pool, record, spot, team, tournament, week, west
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| derivation: |
regionally (adv.) |
The word regional
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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