Definition of multinational
1 : of or relating to more than two nationalities a multinational society
2a : of, relating to, or involving more than two nations a multinational allianceb : having divisions in more than two countries a multinational corporation
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Examples of multinational in a Sentence
multinational efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the region
Recent Examples of multinational from the Web
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Multinational companies will still need to follow ever-stricter emissions laws that other countries are adopting, no matter the location of their headquarters.
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In 2013, after the conflict in Ukraine began, Romania, a NATO member, led a multinational cyber defense campaign to defend its eastern neighbor from Russian attacks on Ukrainian servers.
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As well as focusing on class and income inequality, both men are campaigning for systems of healthcare and education that are available to all, regardless of income, and condemn the tax evasion practiced by some multinational corporations.
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The company, a multinational coal-mining giant based in St. Louis, said in a statement: Cargill David MacLennan, Cargill’s chief executive, said in a statement:
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This time the battle is over the bottling of Michigan groundwater by Nestle, the Swiss multinational food company.
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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanian defense officials say the arrival of 200 troops and 60 combat vehicles from Norway has completed a multinational NATO unit of more than 1,000 soldiers in the Baltic nation neighboring Russia.
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And while every new Net-era company gets hyped as revolutionary, Sina.com, as the new multinational is called, really is.
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1854
First Known Use of multinational
1854
MULTINATIONAL Defined for English Language Learners
multinational
playDefinition of multinational for English Language Learners
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: of, relating to, or involving more than two nations
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: working in several countries
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