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# regional

«regional» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with a particular region, an area of a country or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/#x1)
- We watch the regional news after the main news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/#x2)
- The team won the regional final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/#x3)
- Regional dishes include Cornish pasties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/#x4)
- Regional trains stop at every small station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/#x5)
- Weather varies in different regional areas of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regional/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.