nation
noun
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own.
nations
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pluralof nation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are six nations in the combined Group B-C, but all the teams play just three opponents - think a scaled down version of the league phase in football's Champions League.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
European nations and other industrialised countries made up roughly half the 35 signatories.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Growth is being buoyed by strength in a few countries that are leading the AI boom, while other nations, particularly in the developing world and parts of Europe, are getting hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
About 26% of USC students are international, with 15% of the undergraduate population coming from other nations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Third, when Washington talked about independence from foreign nations, his understanding of what American independence entailed cut much deeper than the patriotic veneer customarily suggested by the term.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
