foreign service

Noun

Meaning

the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Department of State embassy legation Department of Foreign Affairs Foreign Office diplomatic service diplomatic corps Foreign Ministry corps diplomatique at the state department diplomatic career body of diplomatic personnel diplomatic community consular staff ministry of external relations

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Antonyms

internal affairs domestic policy domestic policies internal policies internal policy national strategies

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Hypernyms

bureau office authority agency government agency federal agency

Examples

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets. Lawrence Eagleburger

I think that Mr Rajaratnam has left an imprint on the Foreign Service of Singapore that it is a foreign policy of ideas. Sinnathamby Rajaratnam

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up. Dylan Moran

Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service. Lawrence Eagleburger

What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of U.S. business and how to help U.S. companies make the right connections abroad. Lawrence Eagleburger

The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers. Evan G. Galbraith

Close letter words and terms

foreign rule foreign secretary foreign sector foreign species foreign sphere foreign state