- [usually before noun] of or inside a particular country; not foreign or international
- domestic affairs/politics
- Output consists of both exports and sales on the domestic market.
- The US is unable to meet its domestic demand for steel in any given year.
- English domestic law
- He was a chief White House adviser on domestic policy.
- The election campaign has been focused mainly on domestic issues.
- domestic flights (= to and from places within a country)
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airb2, Politicsb2- Even passengers on domestic flights may be required to carry ID.
- the current robustness of China's domestic economy
- On the domestic front, the prime minister's main concern was the economy.
- The company has made losses in both its domestic and international operations.
- The midfielder has played in two domestic cup games plus a European Cup match.
- [only before noun] used in the home; connected with the home or family
- domestic appliances
- the growing problem of domestic violence (= violence between members of the same family)
- a shocking tale of domestic abuse
- The vast majority of paid and unpaid domestic workers are women.
- domestic chores
- domestic service (= the work of a servant in a large house)
- (of animals) kept on farms or as pets; not wild
- horses and other domestic animals
- Most domestic cats hate getting wet.
- liking home life; enjoying or good at cooking, cleaning the house, etc.
- I'm not a very domestic sort of person.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus ‘house’.
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