Collocations for "nation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "nation" in context.
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nation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [proud, sovereign, great, small, developing] nation
- the [whole, entire] nation
- the most [industrialized, powerful] nation
- the nation's [economy, unemployment rate, GDP, constitution]
- the nation won its independence in
- [protect, serve, defend] the nation
- has become an [independent] nation
- the [whole] nation [was, felt, hoped]
- [across, throughout, around] the nation
- [campaign, travel, spread] across the nation
- events [sweeping, affecting, damaging] the nation
- nations across the [globe, continent]
- the nation has come together (over)
- the greatest nation on Earth
- the United Nations
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'nation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
address
- advance
- birth
- divide
- fall
- found
- lead
- rock
- rule
- shock
- solve
- station
- swing
- collapse
- father
- island
- welfare
- wealth
- trust
- toast
- tea
- statement
- question
- princess
- pride
- power
- population
- past
- bad off
- dry
- entire
- gross
- throughout
- proud
- once
- rogue
- warrior
- chaos
- complexion
- creation
- decay
- domain
- ebb
- employ
- entry
- readiness
- relapse
- resilience
- resource
- rope
