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national interests

national interests is the plural of national interest.

Meaning of national interest

Noun

national interest (plural national interests)

  1. An economic, military, or cultural goal of a country.
    • While it was not in the national interest to disclose details of the exhaustive plans made to enable the railway organisations to meet possible eventualities, certain information was made public in July indicating some of the activities in which the railways were directly concerned and the steps...1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 313

Questions about national interests

What is national interests the plural of?
National interests is the plural of national interest.

Words near national interests in the dictionary

  1. national income
  2. national insurance
  3. national insurance number
  4. national insurance numbers
  5. national interest
  6. national interests
  7. National League
  8. national monument
  9. national monuments
  10. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  11. national park

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