WMO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does WMO mean? 

• WMO (noun)
  The noun WMO has 1 sense:

1. the United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data

  Familiarity information: WMO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WMO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

WMO; World Meteorological Organization

Hypernyms ("WMO" is a kind of...):

UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)

 Context examples 

WMO notes warmer than average temperatures dominated across much of the world’s land and ocean surfaces during November.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

WMO spokeswoman Claire Nullis says the warming conditions prevailing over both the Arctic and the Antarctic are very alarming.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

The WMO says the overall long-term warming trend since the late 1970s is worrying and cannot be ignored.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)