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WORLD COURT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does World Court mean? 

WORLD COURT (noun)
  The noun WORLD COURT has 1 sense:

1. a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nationsplay

  Familiarity information: WORLD COURT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORLD COURT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

International Court of Justice; World Court

Hypernyms ("World Court" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)

Holonyms ("World Court" is a member of...):

UN; United Nations (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)


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