regional
part of speech
adjective (regional)
meaning for a pupil
Regional means to do with a particular region, an area of a country or the world, as in a regional accent or regional news. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography lessons, countries are divided into regions; regional differences include weather, food and jobs. In everyday life, regional accents and dialects (Geordie, Scouse, Cockney, Texan) show where people come from; regional news covers your area; regional trains link towns. In sport, regional finals come before national ones.
examples
- She has a strong regional accent. tree →
- We watch the regional news after the main news. tree →
- The team won the regional final. tree →
- Regional dishes include Cornish pasties. tree →
- Regional trains stop at every small station. tree →
- Weather varies in different regional areas of Australia. tree →
note
Adjective from region. Opposite or contrast words: local (smaller), national (whole country), international. Regionally is the adverb.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «regional» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.