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Meaning of federal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈfɛdəɹəl

Definitions

  1. A member of a Federal Party
  2. A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
  4. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations
  5. Alternative form of federal
  6. A law-enforcement official of the FBI.
    US
  7. Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town
  8. (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
  9. Someone on the Union side
  10. Someone on the Union side.
  11. A Union soldier in the American Civil War.
    US, historical
  12. Relating to covenantalism
  13. 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
  14. A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia
  15. A supporter of federation.
  16. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official
  17. 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
  18. A law-enforcement official of the FBI
  19. 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.
  20. Of or constituting a form of government in which sovereign power is divided between a central authority and a number of constituent political units.
  21. Of or relating to the central government of a federation as distinct from the governments of its member units.
  22. Favorable to or advocating federation: The senator's federal leanings were well known.
  23. Relating to or formed by a treaty or compact between constituent political units.
  24. Federala. Of, relating to, or supporting Federalism or the Federalist Party.
  25. often Federal Of, relating to, or being the central government of the United States.

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