English > world organisation: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | An international alliance involving many different countries. |
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| Synonyms | world organization, international organization, international organisation, global organization |
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| Narrower | Arab League | An international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural / cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation |
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| Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS | An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 |
| European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe | An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation / cooperation among its members |
| League of Nations | An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
| Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW | international organization for chemical disarmament |
| Organization of American States, OAS | An association including most countries in the western hemisphere |
| Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC | An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum |
| United Nations, UN | An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security |
| World Trade Organization, WTO | An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade |
| commonwealth | A world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another |
| community | A group of nations having common interests |
| Broader | alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement | An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty |
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| Spanish | organización internacional, organización mundial |
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| Catalan | organització internacional, organització mundial |
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