domestic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family.
domestic pleasures.
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devoted to home life or household affairs.
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no longer wild; domesticated; tame.
domestic animals.
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of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries.
domestic trade.
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indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native.
domestic goods.
noun
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a hired household servant.
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something produced or manufactured in one's own country.
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domestics, household items made of cloth, as sheets, towels, and tablecloths.
adjective
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of or involving the home or family
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enjoying or accustomed to home or family life
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(of an animal) bred or kept by man as a pet or for purposes such as the supply of food
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of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country
domestic and foreign affairs
noun
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a household servant
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informal (esp in police use) an incident of violence in the home, esp between a man and a woman
Other Word Forms
- antidomestic adjective
- antidomestically adverb
- domestically adverb
- nondomestic adjective
- nondomestically adverb
- predomestic adjective
- predomestically adverb
- semidomestic adjective
- semidomestically adverb
- undomestic adjective
- undomestically adverb
Etymology
Origin of domestic
First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin domesticus, derivative of domus “house” ( dome ); replacing domestique, from Middle French
Example Sentences
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Gates said he had hoped the tariff on his foreign competitors’ windows would give Awake an edge as a domestic company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
But India has tightened its natural gas regulations since the war began, prioritising supply for domestic use and some commercial industries.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
As with so much in domestic politics, the origins are international.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Comscore’s head of marketplace trends Paul Dergarabedian said it could be the year’s first film to surpass $100 million in domestic box office.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Just as well, as the campaign to bring me up to domestic scratch was, without my knowledge or cooperation, ginning up in earnest.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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