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regional

regional

521 3.5
About a particular part of a country or area rather than the whole country
  • adjective
  • /ˈriːdʒənl/
: regional
  • Check your public library or bookstore for regional and city magazines that focus on where you live.
  • a regional government
  • a regional magazine
  • a regional director

But you've got this other regional power in Russia growing.

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Examples

  • So this has to be resolved within a regional agreement.

  • What is more, there are significant regional variations between the rates of screening.

  • And so this this allows for an amount of, of regional change as well.

  • And then what happens is now the regional banks are starting to go.

  • Let's start with the regional character of these places.

  • You want to use a regional representative approach.

  • It's about the regional behaviour of the weather.

  • The winner of this bee will go on to compete in the regional competition next month.

  • Participants included 93 undergraduate students from a regional university in northeast Texas.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The winner of this bee will go on to compete in the regional competition next month.

Synonyms

sectional
vsregional
7 4.6

Related to a particular region or group within a larger area

is about a particular area in general rather than a subdivision
regionwide
vsregional
1 3.9

Happening across a whole area

relates to a particular area without requiring coverage across it
intraregional
vsregional
1 6.6

Happening inside one region, for example between its parts

relates to a particular area rather than only activity inside it

Antonyms

∞ 2.0

About a whole country and its people

∞ 2.7

Relating to the whole world, not just one country

Compounds

The right of local governments to make some decisions without the national government, like education and health

regional anesthesia
  • Specialized
4.1

Numbs a part of the body so you do not feel pain during surgery

regional anatomy
  • Specialized
6.5

The study of body parts in one area and how they connect

5.3

Long-term inflammation of part of the small intestine causing diarrhea, belly pain, fever, and weight loss

6.3

A long-term illness where the last part of the small intestine becomes swollen and causes stomach pain and diarrhea

A region that has its own government separate from the national government

How Wide

global
∞ 2.7
international
∞ 2.1
national
∞ 2.0
regional
521 3.5
local
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

regional positive

Morphology

regional = region (transparent) = region + al

The adjective is formed in the usual way from 'region' plus '-al', so the meaning is straightforwardly related to the base noun.

Etymology

Regional comes from the word region, which means 'area' or part of a country, and the ending -al means 'related to'. So, regional describes something that belongs to or is true for a particular area rather than the whole country.