World Council of Churches
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～ an ecumenical organization of Protestant and eastern churches; intended to promote unity and cooperation in religious and secular matters
World War II
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～ a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
World Cup
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～ a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion
World Tamil Association
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～ a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war"
world war
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～ a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
world council
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～ a council with representatives from different nations
world
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～ the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
world-beater
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～ a competitor who holds a preeminent position
world
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～ the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
World Court
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～ a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations
world power
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～ a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world