DOMESTIC
HAVING TO DO WITH ONE'S OWN COUNTRY Domestic is related to a particular country
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Domestic [duh-mes-tik] adjective
1. of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family:
domestic pleasures.
2. devoted to home life or household affairs.
3. no longer wild; tame; domesticated :
domestic animals.
4. of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries:
domestic trade.
5. indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native:
domestic goods.
Domestic is related to your own country
Merriam Webster 15 2015 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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domestic adjective do·mes·tic \də-ˈmes-tik\
: of, relating to, or made in your own country
: relating to or involving someone's home or family
: relating to the work (such as cooking and cleaning) that is done in a person's home
Full Definition of DOMESTIC
1a : living near or about human habitations
b : tame, domesticated
2: of, relating to, or originating within a country and especially one's own country
3: of or relating to the household or the family
4: devoted to home duties and pleasures
5: indigenous
Domestic is related to own country
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Definition of "domestic" - American English Dictionary
Domestic adjective us /dəˈmes·tɪk/
domestic adjective (OF HOME)
› relating to the home, house, or family: I’ve never been fond of domestic chores like cooking and cleaning.
domestic adjective (OF COUNTRY)
› politics & government relating to a person’s own country: The president’s domestic policy has been more successful than his foreign policy.
Domestic is of a country
Webster's 10 Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. http://www.yourdictionary.com/domestic
domestic
adjective
having to do with the home or housekeeping; of the house or family: domestic joys
of one's own country or the country referred to
made or produced in the home country; native: domestic wine
domesticated; tame: said of animals
enjoying and attentive to the home and family life
Domestic is within a country
YourDictionary 15 YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2015 by LoveToKnow Corp
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domestic [dō mes′tik, də-]
adjective
Domestic is defined as something related to the home or family, something occurring within a country, an animal that has been tamed, or a person who is fond of the tasks of running a home.
Family relations are an example of domestic relations.
Terrorism that occurs within your own country is referred to as domestic terrorism.
A dog that is kept as a house pet is an example of a domestic animal.
A woman who likes to cook and clean and bake is an example of someone who is domestic.
Domestic is in a country's territory
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domestic adjective
1. Of or relating to the family or household:
familial, family, home, homely, household.
2. Trained or bred to live with and be of use to people:
tame.
3. Of, from, or within a country's own territory: home, internal, national, native.
PERTAIN ING TO INTERNAL MATTERS
Domestic is related to internal affairs
Webster's New World Law 10 Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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domestic - Legal Definition adj
Pertaining to the internal affairs or products of a country; relating to matters of the family.
Domestic concerns internal affairs
WordNet 12 Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
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Adj. 1. domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
national - limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
2. domestic - of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"
3. domestic - of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"
undomestic - not domestic or related to home; "had established herself in her career at the price of being so undomestic she didn't even know how to light the oven"
4. domestic - converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize"
domesticated
tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
5. domestic - produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"
native - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
Domestic is related to internal issues
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domestic
adjective
Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores.
Fond of home life and household affairs.
Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.
Of or relating to a country's internal affairs: domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction.
Produced in or indigenous to a particular country: domestic oil; domestic wine.
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