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domestic

[duh-mes-tik]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family.

    domestic pleasures.

  2. devoted to home life or household affairs.

  3. no longer wild; domesticated; tame.

    domestic animals.

  4. of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries.

    domestic trade.

  5. indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native.

    domestic goods.



noun

  1. a hired household servant.

  2. something produced or manufactured in one's own country.

  3. domestics, household items made of cloth, as sheets, towels, and tablecloths.

domestic

/ əˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. of or involving the home or family

  2. enjoying or accustomed to home or family life

  3. (of an animal) bred or kept by man as a pet or for purposes such as the supply of food

  4. of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country

    domestic and foreign affairs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a household servant

  2. informal(esp in police use) an incident of violence in the home, esp between a man and a woman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • domestically adverb
  • antidomestic adjective
  • antidomestically adverb
  • nondomestic adjective
  • nondomestically adverb
  • predomestic adjective
  • predomestically adverb
  • semidomestic adjective
  • semidomestically adverb
  • undomestic adjective
  • undomestically adverb
  • ˈپ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of domestic1

First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin domesticus, derivative of domus “house” ( dome ); replacing domestique, from Middle French
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Word History and Origins

Origin of domestic1

C16: from Old French domestique, from Latin domesticus belonging to the house, from domus house
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To make domestic production viable, Keen has invested heavily in automation, enabling the Kentucky plant to operate with just a fraction of the workforce required overseas.

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But domestic recycling rates have barely budged in a decade.

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"A lack of investment in our own domestic energy production has left us exposed," she said.

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Disney cut several hundred employees in the U.S. and abroad, while Paramount shed hundreds of its domestic workforce and Warner Bros. eliminated several dozen positions.

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But his domestic opponents have never been able to finish him off and he has shamelessly exploited every new crisis, many of them self-inflicted, to avoid electoral defeat and further consolidate his power.

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