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international

/ˌɪn.(t)ɚˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/ adjective A2
  1. Between or among nations. · an international discussion
  2. Participated in by two or more nations. · an international competition
  3. Common to, or affecting, two or more nations. · an international rule
  4. Serving two or more nations. · an international airport
  5. Of or concerning the association called the International.
  6. Independent of national boundaries; common to all people. · The atmosphere is an international resource.· the international community of scholars
  7. Foreign; of another nation. · an international student
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It’s a vital international problem that you have to solve.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 8 · B2
“‘The defeat of the Light Blues may be entirely attributed to the unfortunate absence of the crack International, Godfrey Staunton, whose want was felt at every instant of the game.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 120 · C1
In an incoherent and, as I deeply feel, an entirely inadequate fashion, I have endeavoured to give some account of my strange experiences in his company from the chance which first brought us together at the period of the “Study in Scarlet,” up to the time of his interference in the matter of the “Naval Treaty”—an interference which had the unquestionable effect of preventing a serious international complication.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 101 · B2
Holmes, after this great international affair.”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 31 · B2

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