See Also: MAN YUE INTERNATIONAL(finance)
QPL INTERNATIONAL(finance)
K. WAH INTERNATIONAL(finance)
TRULY INTERNATIONAL(finance)
DSG International plc(finance)
Second International(encyclopedia)
U-RIGHT INTERNATIONAL(finance)
LAB International(finance)
LAI SUN INTERNATIONAL(finance)
international law(encyclopedia)

international (iou)



international adjective & noun. L18.
[from INTER- 2 + NATIONAL.]
A. adjective.
Existing, occurring, or carried on between nations; pertaining to relations, communications, travel, etc., between nations. L18.
A. Bullock From this in turn followed the rejection of force in settling international disputes. Sunday Express The two rushed off to an international phone box in Leicester Square.
Agreed on by many nations; used by, or able to be used by, (the people of) many nations. L19.
R. P. Jhabvala It was an international hotel and was largely filled with foreign travellers.
Of or pertaining to the First International (see sense B.3 below). L19.
Special collocations: International Baccalaureate: see BACCALAUREATE 3. International Brigade Hist. a body of volunteers raised internationally by foreign Communist Parties, which fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9. international candle: see CANDLE noun 3. international code a code of signals by which sailors of all nations can hold communication at sea. international comity: see COMITY 2a. International Court of Justice a judicial court of the United Nations. international date-line = date-line (a) s.v. DATE noun2. international driving licence, international driving permit: allowing the holder to drive a specified class of vehicle in various countries. international Gothic a style in painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts that spread across western Europe in the late 14th and early 15th cents., characterized by secular themes and delicate naturalistic detail. international law a body of rules established by custom or treaty and agreed as binding in the relations between one nation and another. International Monetary Fund an organization with a monetary pool on which member nations can draw, established in 1945 to promote international trade and stabilization of currencies. international orange adjective & noun (of) a bright orange colour, visible from a great distance. International Phonetic Alphabet a set of phonetic symbols for international use, based on the Roman and Greek alphabets with the addition of some special symbols and diacritical marks. international standard book number an identification number allocated internationally to each (edition or format of a) book published; abbreviation ISBN; (cf. standard book number s.v. STANDARD adjective). international style (a) a naturalistic functional style of 20th-cent. architecture; (b) = international Gothic above. International System of Units a system of physical units (with a set of scaling prefixes) derived without multiplying factors from the basic independent units of the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole. international unit Biology & Medicine any of various units of activity or potency defined for vitamins, sera, hormones, etc.
b. noun.
A person having relations with two different nations, esp. as native of one and resident in another. L19.
S. Morley They were internationals who just happened to live in California and came from England.
A contest, usu. in sports, between representatives or teams from different nations; a person taking part in such a contest. L19.
Gentleman (Bombay) He is the best Indian bat for Tests as well as one-day internationals.
(International.) Any of various socialist organizations founded for the worldwide promotion of socialism or Communism; spec. = First International, Second International, Third International, Fourth International below. Also, a member of any of these organizations. L19.
First International an international workers' association founded in 1864 by Karl Marx to promote the joint political action of the working classes in all countries and dissolved in 1876. Second International a socialist organization founded in Paris in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, now a loose association of social democrats. Third International an organization founded in Moscow in 1919 by delegates from twelve countries to promote Communism and support the Russian Revolution and dissolved in 1943; also called Comintern. Fourth International a body of Trotskyist organizations formed in 1938 in opposition to the Stalin-dominated Third International.
the International, = INTERNATIONALE 2. E20.
internatio'nality noun international quality, condition, or character M19.
internationally adverb M19.