Meaning of federal | Babel Free
ˈfɛdəɹəlDefinitions
- A member of a Federal Party
- A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
- Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations
- Alternative form of federal
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A law-enforcement official of the FBI. US
- Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town
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(of a government or group of states) joined together, usually for national and external affairs only. the federal government of the United States of America. federaal, federatief فدرالي، إتِّحادي федерален federal federální Bundes-... føderal; forbunds- ομοσπονδιακόςfederal liidu- فدرال liittovaltiollinen fédéral פֶדֶרָלִי संघीय savezni, federalan szövetségi federal sambands-, bandalags- federale 連邦の 연방의 federacinis, federalinis federāls; federatīvs; federācijas- persekutuan federaalforbunds-... usually
- Someone on the Union side
- Someone on the Union side.
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A Union soldier in the American Civil War. US, historical
- Relating to covenantalism
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joined by a treaty, agreement etc. gefedereer, verbonde إتِّحادي، مُتَّحِد обединен federado federalizovaný verbündet føderal; forbunds- ομόσπονδος federado liitunud متحد شده liitto- fédéréהתאחדות संघबद्ध, संघित ujedinjeni u savez, savezni szövetséges bersekutu sameinaður, sem eru í bandalagi federato 連合した 연합한 susijungę į federaciją apvienots federācijā bersekutu bonds- forbundet, sammensluttet sfederalizowany اتحادى federado (con)federat федеративный federatívny združen federacijski förenad,... etc
- A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia
- A supporter of federation.
- A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official
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people, societies, unions, states etc joined together for a common purpose. the International Federation of Actors. bondstaat, verbond, federasie إتحاد федерция federação federace der Bund føderation; forbundsstat ομοσπονδίαfederación liit اتحادیه liitto fédérationפדרציה संघ, महासंघ federacija, savez föderáció, szövetség federasi (ríkja)samband federazione 同盟 연방 정부 federacija federācija persekutuan bondforbund, samband, føderasjonfederacja اتحادى federação federaţie федерация federácia zveza ... etc
- A law-enforcement official of the FBI
- Of, relating to, or being a form of government in which a union of states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority while retaining certain residual powers of government.
- Of or constituting a form of government in which sovereign power is divided between a central authority and a number of constituent political units.
- Of or relating to the central government of a federation as distinct from the governments of its member units.
- Favorable to or advocating federation: The senator's federal leanings were well known.
- Relating to or formed by a treaty or compact between constituent political units.
- Federala. Of, relating to, or supporting Federalism or the Federalist Party.
- often Federal Of, relating to, or being the central government of the United States.
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CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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