international

adjective

• existing, occurring, or carried on between nations:international trade
• agreed on by all or many nations:a violation of international law
• used by people of many nations:large international hotels

noun

• 1British a game or contest between teams representing different countries in a sport: the Murrayfield rugby international
• a player who has taken part in an international game or contest.

• 2 (International) any of four associations founded (1864–1936) to promote socialist or communist action.

The First International was formed by Karl Marx in London in 1864 as an international working men’s association. The Second International was formed in Paris in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution and still survives as a loose association of social democrats. The Third International, also known as the Comintern, was formed by the Bolsheviks in 1919 to further the cause of world revolution. It was abolished in 1943. The Fourth International, a body of Trotskyist organizations, was formed in 1938 in opposition to the policies of the Stalin-dominated Third International