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FEDERAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any federal law-enforcement officer
Synonyms:
Fed; Federal; federal official
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Federal" is a kind of...):
agent; federal agent (any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
Synonyms:
Federal; Federal soldier; Union soldier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Federal" is a kind of...):
Northerner; Yank; Yankee (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
Derivation:
Federal (being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
National; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units
Example:
federal property
Classified under:
Similar:
national (concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
Example:
federal governments often evolved out of confederations
Classified under:
Domain category:
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
Antonym:
unitary (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
Example:
a Federal infantryman
Synonyms:
Federal; Union
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
northern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Derivation:
Federal (a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or relating to the central government of a federation
Example:
a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
federal government (a government with strong central powers)
Context examples:
The research hospital for the NIH, the Federal Government's principal agency for biomedical research.
(NIH Clinical Center, NCI Thesaurus)
NCIt has been produced by NCI Enterprise Vocabulary Services (EVS) since 1997, and adopted since then for use by numerous federal agencies, standards development and research organizations.
(NCI Thesaurus, NCI Thesaurus)
A U.S. federal health insurance program for people aged 65 years or older and people with certain disabilities.
(Medicare, NCI Dictionary)
The Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research.
(National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus)
A U.S. federal government agency whose mission is to protect public health by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
(CDC, NCI Dictionary)
Sale is forbidden in the United States by Federal statute.
(Diacetylmorphine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Sputnik News reported Leonov, who died in Moscow, will be buried at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday.
(Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85, Wikinews)
A part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the NCHS is the primary Federal organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics.
(National Center for Health Statistics, NCI Thesaurus)
A category specifying that a product is marketed as a dietary supplement under the statutory definition found in section 201(ff) of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) (21 U.S.C. 321).
(Dietary Supplement Marketing Category, NCI Thesaurus)
The Foundation conducts its fundraising and advocacy efforts on behalf of 90% of the children with cancer in North America, receiving federal and non-federal grants and awards to distribute to the member-institutions.
(National Childhood Cancer Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)
