English > nongovernmental organization: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | An organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government. |
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| Synonym | NGO |
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| Instances | Greenpeace | An international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species |
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| Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, MDI | A Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan |
| Narrower | Alcoholics Anonymous, AA | An international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism |
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| Congress of Racial Equality, CORE | An organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality |
| National Trust, NT | An organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty |
| Red Cross | An international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime |
| Salvation Army | A charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless |
| Umma Tameer-e-Nau, UTN | A nongovernmental organization of Pakistani scientists that has been a supporter of terrorism |
| committee, citizens committee | A self-constituted organization to promote something |
| denomination | A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith |
| mission, missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission | An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
| Broader | organization, organisation | A group of people who work together |
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| Spanish | ONG, organización no gubernamental |
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| Catalan | ONG |
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