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intercountry

intercountry adjective: between countries.

Adjective

intercountry (not comparable)

  1. Between countries.
    • While individual states and counties will still control domestic adoption, the State Department will become the federal regulating agency in charge of intercountry adoptions.2007 May 16, Lynette Clemetson, “Adoptions From Guatemala Face an Uncertain Future”, in New York Times

Origin of intercountry

From inter- + country.

Questions about intercountry

What does intercountry mean?
Intercountry means between countries.
What part of speech is intercountry?
Intercountry is an adjective.

Words near intercountry in the dictionary

  1. intercostals
  2. intercostobrachial
  3. intercotylar
  4. intercotyledonary
  5. intercouncil
  6. intercountry
  7. intercounty
  8. intercouple
  9. intercoupled
  10. intercouples
  11. intercoupling

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