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Definition: World Affairs |
World AffairsNoun1. Affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: World AffairsSynonym: international affairs (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: World Affairs |
| English words defined with "world affairs": bizonal ♦ international affairs. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "world affairs": Canoe ♦ Door, Driving ♦ Office of the Chief Economist ♦ Set, Sit. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Join the Navy; America's new prestige in world affairs will mean a greater Navy. Be a part of it. America advances / Herbert Paus. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Economic History | Malaysia | In world affairs, Malaysia maintains cooperative relations with the United States, the European Union, and Japan. (references) |
United Kingdom | British colonies contributed to the United Kingdom's extraordinary economic growth and strengthened its voice in world affairs. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Its record on the environment, human rights, and advocacy of peaceful settlement of disputes give it a weight in world affairs far beyond its size. (references) | |
Political Economy | Taiwan | The PRC, however, considers Taiwan to be a renegade province with no right to play an independent role in world affairs. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | The recorded progress of our Republic, materially and spiritually, in itself proves the wisdom of the inherited policy of noninvolvement in Old World affairs. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Our success in world affairs has long depended in part upon foreign confidence in our ability to pay. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | World affairs will continue to call upon our energy and our courage. |
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| Language | Translations for "world affairs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | un document sur l'identité européenne permettant notamment de mieux définir leurs relations avec les autres pays du monde ainsi que les responsabilités qu'ils assument et la place qu'ils occupent dans les affaires mondiales (a document on the European Identity. This will enable them to achieve a better definition of their relations with other countries and of their responsibilities and the place which they occupy in world affairs), l'Europe doit être capable de faire entendre sa voix dans les affaires mondiales et de fournir une contribution originale la mesure de ses ressources humaines, intellectuelles et matérielles (Europe must be able to make its voice heard in world affairs), les neuf pays affirment leur commune volonté de voir l'Europe parler d'une même voix dans les grandes affaires du monde (the nine countries affirm their common will that Europe should speak with one voice in important world affairs). (various references) | ||||
German | ein Dokument ueber die europaeische Identitaet ..., mit dem sie vor allem ihre Beziehungen zu den uebrigen Laendern der Welt sowie ihre Verantwortlichkeiten und ihren Platz in der Weltpolitik naeher bestimmen wollen (a document on the European Identity. This will enable them to achieve a better definition of their relations with other countries and of their responsibilities and the place which they occupy in world affairs), die neun Laender bekraeftigen ihren gemeinsamen Willen, dafuer Sorge zu tragen, dass Europa in den wichtigen Angelegenheiten der Welt mit einer Stimme spricht (the nine countries affirm their common will that Europe should speak with one voice in important world affairs), ... muss Europa imstande sein, seiner Stimme in der Weltpolitik Gehoer zu verschaffen, den eigenstaendigen Beitrag zu leisten, der seinen menschlichen, geistigen und materiellen Moeglichkeiten entspricht (and to make an original contribution commensurate with its human, Europe must be able to make its voice heard in world affairs, intellectual and material resources). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 世界情勢 (world situation). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | せかいじょうせい (world situation). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | orldway affairsay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-f-i-l-o-r-r-s-w" | |
-3 letters: railroads. | |
-4 letters: aardwolf, airflows, forwards, railroad, rasorial, warlords. | |
-5 letters: affairs, affords, airflow, airward, farfals, farrows, forward, froward, radials, raffias, rosaria, solaria, warlord. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 6F 72 6C 64 41 66 66 61 69 72 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01101111 01110010 01101100 01100100 00100000 01000001 01100110 01100110 01100001 01101001 01110010 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W o r l d   A f f a i r s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 006F 0072 006C 0064 0041 0066 0066 0061 0069 0072 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5781847870235727267758485 |
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