(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ country or system of government is one in which the different states or provinces of the country have important powers to make their own laws and decisions.
Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new ~ system of government.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
Some people use ~ to describe a system of government which they disapprove of, in which the different states or provinces are controlled by a strong central government.
He does not believe in a ~ Europe with centralising powers.
ADJ: ADJ n disapproval
3.
Federal also means belonging or relating to the national government of a ~ country rather than to one of the states within it.
The ~ government controls just 6% of the education budget.
...a ~ judge.
ADJ: ADJ n
~ly
...residents of public housing and ~ly subsidized apartments.
ADV: ADV -ed
4.
Federals are the same as feds .
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