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un-
(word root) notExamples of words with the root un-: unreliable
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UN
abbr.
United Nations
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UN
abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) United Nations
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un
or 'un
(ən)pron.
Dial. one: young uns; He's a bad un.
[1805–15]
UN
or U.N.,
United Nations.
un-1
, a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment).
[Middle English un-, on-, Old English; c. Dutch on-, German un-; akin to Latin in-, Greek an-,a-. See a-6, an-1, in-3]
un-2
, a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some action or state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose).
[Middle English, Old English un-, on-; c. Dutch ont-=, German ent-; akin to Latin ante, Greek anti; compare ante-, anti-]
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| Noun | 1. |  UN - an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and securityglobal organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countries General Assembly - the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations United Nations Secretariat - the administrative arm of the United Nations Security Council, SC - a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace Trusteeship Council, TC - a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC - a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission - a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations International Court of Justice, World Court - a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations UN agency, United Nations agency - an agency of the United Nations |
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Translations
OSN
FN
ÜRO
YK
UN
ENSZ
PBB
UN国連国際連合
UN
NUONU
ONU
OSN
Združeni narodi
FN
ตัวย่อขององค์การสหประชาชาติ
LHQLiên hợp quốc
联合国聯合國
UN
N ABBR =United Nations → ONU fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
UN
[ˌjuːˈɛn] modif [observers, inspectors, ambassador, conference] → des Nations Unies; [resolution, sanctions, mission] → des Nations Unies
UN troops, UN forces → les casques mpl bleus
the UN Security Council → le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies
UN troops, UN forces → les casques mpl bleus
the UN Security Council → le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
UN
abbr of United Nations → UNO f, → UN pl; UN soldier → UN-Soldat(in) m(f), → Blauhelm m; UN troops → UNO-Truppen plCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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un
→ الُأمَـمُ الـمُتَّحِدَة OSN FN UNO ΟΗΕ ONU YK ONU UN NU 国際連合 UN VN FN ONZ NU ООН FN ตัวย่อขององค์การสหประชาชาติ Birleşmiş Milletler Liên hợp quốc 联合国Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009