Regional
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
"In the CPE^([Customer Premises Equipment]) market, all seven regionals are selling several sizes of private branch exchanges (PBX) and key systems for smaller customers."
- 1 Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. not-comparable
"Near-synonyms: intraregional, locoregional"
- 2 Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. not-comparable
"regional rainfall patterns"
- 3 Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body. not-comparable
"Near-synonym: locoregional"
- 4 Of a state or other geographic area, denoting those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns. Australia, not-comparable
"The new Remoteness Structure covers the whole of Australia and classifies Australia into regions which share common characteristics of remoteness. There are six Remoteness Areas in the Structure: Major Cities of Australia, Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia, Very Remote Australia and Migratory."
- 1 related or limited to a particular region wordnet
- 2 characteristic of a region wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"Foreign investors backed off because of regional political unrest."
Etymology
From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis.
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