organization of american states

1. 1.

   an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation

   SynonymsOAS

   Broaderworld organization

Questions about organization of american states

What does organization of american states mean?

organization of american states means "an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation".

What is another word for organization of american states?

Close synonyms include OAS. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is organization of american states a common word?

organization of american states is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.