Definitions for domestic
dəˈmɛs tɪkdo·mes·tic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 14 votes

1. domestic, domestic help, house servantadjective

   a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

2. domesticadjective

   of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation

   "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"

3. domesticadjective

   of or relating to the home

   "domestic servant"; "domestic science"

4. domesticadjective

   of or involving the home or family

   "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"

5. domestic, domesticatedadjective

   converted or adapted to domestic use

   "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize"

6. domesticadjective

   produced in a particular country

   "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.6 / 7 votes

1. domesticnoun

   A house servant; a maid.

2. domesticnoun

   A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent

3. domesticadjective

   Of or relating to the home.

4. domesticadjective

   Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.

5. domesticadjective

   Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

6. domesticadjective

   Internal to a specific country.

7. Etymology: From domesticus, from domus.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. domestic

   Domestic generally refers to anything related to the household or family; anything existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international. This term is commonly used in many contexts such as domestic chores, domestic flight, domestic violence, domestic partnership, etc., each carrying a slightly different but related meaning.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. Domesticadjective

   of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants

2. Domesticadjective

   of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions

3. Domesticadjective

   remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman

4. Domesticadjective

   living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals

5. Domesticadjective

   made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc

6. Domesticnoun

   one who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant

7. Domesticnoun

   articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods

8. Etymology: [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Domestic

   do-mes′tik, adj. belonging to the house: remaining much at home: private: tame: not foreign.—n. a servant in the house: (pl.) articles of home manufacture, esp. home-made cotton cloths.—adv. Domes′tically.—v.t. Domes′ticāte, to make domestic or familiar: to tame.—ns. Domesticā′tion; Domesticā′tor; Domestic′ity.—Domestic architecture, the architecture of mansions, dwelling-houses, cottages, &c.; Domestic economy, the principles of thrifty housekeeping. [Fr.,—L. domesticus—domus, a house.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'domestic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1487

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'domestic' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2725

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'domestic' in Adjectives Frequency: #178

Anagrams for domestic »

1. docetism

2. demotics

3. comedist

How to pronounce domestic?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of domestic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of domestic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of domestic in a Sentence

1. Andrea Kelly.On:

   Not once have I ever had a domestic violence call at the house and all this that and the other, it never happened.

2. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

   The White House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked the President Obama administration Thursday to turn over all reports and documents, including intelligence information, related to last year’s exchange of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five members of the Taliban. ] President Obama opposes Pentagon hike without domestic spending bump - WashEx :.

3. Stefan Worrall:

   I think the market remains open to all possibilities right now, we're in a low-turnover state of anticipation over global events like the Brexit vote and the FOMC meeting but also with regard to domestic elements like a possible delay of next year's consumption tax increase and a possible snap election this summer. There's a lot of noise and no clear decisions.

4. Parent John Kochka:

   The Biden administration just said we are domestic terrorists, this board should pass a resolution tonight condemning the Department of Justice for trying to intimidate and cancel parents.

5. Cornerstone Macro analyst Roberto Perli:

   But pretty much everything else on the domestic side seems to have gotten a bit better.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=domestic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Domestic
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=domestic