multinational

adjective

mul·​ti·​na·​tion·​al ˌməl-tē-ˈna-sh(ə-)nəl 

-ˌtī-

1

: of or relating to more than two nationalities

a multinational society

2

a

: of, relating to, or involving more than two nations

a multinational alliance

b

: having divisions in more than two countries

a multinational corporation

multinational noun

Synonyms

• foreign
• international
• transnational

Examples of multinational in a Sentence

multinational efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the region

Recent Examples on the Web

An American multinational payment card services corporation, Visa was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. —Randy Bean, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

And then, tying that in with a kind of multinational, espionage thriller that never really stops moving. —Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 19 June 2025

That practice was enabled by a provision in President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which aimed to curb corporate tax avoidance but instead created new incentives for U.S. multinational companies to move profits and operations overseas. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 17 June 2025

The dollar’s impact and currency risk The strength—or weakness—of the U.S. dollar is also top of mind, especially for multinational companies, Dhargalkar said. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for multinational

• international
• supranational
• binational
• irrational
• subnational
• transnational
• national
• rational

Kids Definition

multinational

1 of 2 adjective

mul·​ti·​na·​tion·​al

ˌməl-ti-ˈnash-nəl,

-ən-ᵊl

1

: of, relating to, or involving more than two nations

2

: having divisions in more than two countries

multinational

2 of 2 noun

: a multinational corporation