diplomatic
- adjective
- /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/
- We need diplomatic visas to South Africa.
- diplomatic relations
- a diplomatic mission
- diplomatic ties
I'm going to be making my recruits, my recruitments at diplomatic cocktail parties, right?
- I'm going to be making my recruits, my recruitments at diplomatic cocktail parties, right?
- And speak to the official diplomatic channels to get us all out.
- Now is the time to have really an incredibly tough diplomatic effort, a diplomacy surge.
- Instead, the drama played out in the diplomatic realm.
- Their plan is to have a military tactic that serves a media, a diplomatic and legal strategy.
- And before we even realize what's going on, they announce the resumption of diplomatic relations.
- So he came on some sort of like diplomatic trip.
- So the, the, the third goal that I had other than buying, buying furniture and establishing diplomatic relations was to deliver aid.
- But they do have the dominant military presence in the region, and they also have the dominant diplomatic capability on the region.
- And the reason that is done is because that's supposed to drive the two warring interests to the diplomatic table to seek a solution, right?
Examples
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It was a diplomatic coup for the British.
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My grandfather was in the diplomatic service.
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And speak to the official diplomatic channels to get us all out.
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...goes abroad on a diplomatic mission
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And there are diplomatic concerns which also trouble Napoleon.
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Sir, we can read their diplomatic codes faster than they can type them.
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Health has become an area for diplomatic engagement and a priority subject on the world stage.
Academic text (2013) -
We're going to do everything we can to continue to strengthen the diplomatic coalition of support around the world for Ukraine.
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Do you have any idea of the diplomatic and political repercussions this mess will create?
Fiction book (1999) -
The two countries are working hard to find a diplomatic solution to their ongoing conflict.
Compounds
- Specialized
A special legal status that stops foreign diplomats from being tried or taxed in the country where they work
- Specialized
A group of people sent by one country to represent it in another at an embassy or consulate
- Specialized
A bag diplomats use to carry official papers that customs cannot open under international law
Talks between representatives of different countries to solve problems and reach agreements
Government officials who represent their country abroad, for example ambassadors
A part of the US State Department that protects American diplomats, embassies, and secret information abroad
- Informal
A feeling of being very tired and stressed after long talks between countries
- Specialized
A government official who represents their country in another country and ranks below an ambassador
A government building where diplomats live and work, like an embassy or consulate
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Etymology
Diplomatic comes from diploma, a 'folded paper' used as an official pass or certificate, and from the same root as diplomat, the people who work between countries. So, diplomatic means 'related to official relations between countries'.