regional
//ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl//
formalForms
- Plural
- regionals
Definitions
1.Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
2.Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
3.Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.
4.Of a state or other geographic area, denoting those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.
- The wheatlands region stretching across Australia offers a graphic illustration of the processes of social and economic change in rural and regional Australia.
1.An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
- In the CPE^([Customer Premises Equipment]) market, all seven regionals are selling several sizes of private branch exchanges (PBX) and key systems for smaller customers.
- Regionals are among the fastest growing companies and, as the name implies, are those carriers that for the most part provide service to only one region of the country and generate revenue of under $100 million.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2102
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle French régional
From Latin regiōnālis.