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Meaning of supernational in English

supernational
adjective
(also super-national)
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/ˌsuː.pəˈnæʃ.ən.əl/ /ˌsuː.pəˈnæʃ.nəl/ us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/ /ˌsuː.pɚˈnæʃ.nəl/
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involving more than one country, or having power or authority that is greater than that of single countries:
The United Nations is the only supernational authority that is able to solve this problem.
Super-national control of taxation is unacceptable to many people.
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supranational
(Definition of supernational from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
超國家的|多國的…
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超国家的|多国的…
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