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Definition of "intergovernmental" []

  • Being or occurring between two or more governments or divisions of a government. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "intergovernmental" in a sentence
  • "The chronic uncertainty and instability in intergovernmental relations which has deterred necessary drive and initiative in the private sector."
  • "The issue of co-ordination between the different levels of government, popularly called intergovernmental relationships, have not been fully developed in our country."
  • "And also, they're undergoing sort of a constitutional revision process in what's called the intergovernmental conference, where they're looking at their basic treaties and see how those treaties should be updated, made more effective."