world organization
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3.5
- noun
- Formal
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organización mundial
- The world organization was established to promote peace and cooperation among its member countries.
Examples
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After the war, the world organization set out to mediate a peaceful solution.
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When the UN Charter was being drafted, the then-independent smaller and middle-sized countries fought hard to make the UN not merely a "peace and order" body but also a world organization mandated to tackle the economic and social root causes of conflict.
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There are a host of alternative economic and political models of operation that could be incorporated into such a world organization.
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On the other hand, the United Nations is the world organization, and its outlook must by definition be universal.
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Thus, it may make better ecological sense for a world organization to acquire authority over land use and ocean use in a coordinated fashion.
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Somalia is the most obvious case to date of the world organization taking on new duties to build the new world order.
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Should a world organization encourage or discourage the exploitation of ocean resources?
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The drafters of the charter assumed that the Allies would stick together and become the backbone of the new world organization.
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With newfound appeal, the world organization is being utilized with greater frequency and growing urgency.
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Should our hypothetical world organization forbid all mining by the enterprises of individual nations and do the mining itself?
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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3.5
A group of countries and people from different nations who work together on common problems
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4.0
A group of people who work together for a shared purpose
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3.5
A group of countries and people from many places that works on world problems like health or peace
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4.2
A group of people from many countries who meet to make decisions about global problems
Antonyms
How Global
- Formal
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3.5
15
3.5
- Formal
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6.8
∞
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2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'world' (pertaining to the entire planet) + 'organization' (a collective), which yields an organization concerned with global or international affairs. This compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
World organization comes from the simple idea of many countries around the world joining into one organization. Imagine leaders from different places standing around a globe to solve a problem together — they form a world organization. That's why it means 'a group of countries working together'.