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PRONUNCIATION OF ECONOMIC EMBARGO

economic embargo  [ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ECONOMIC EMBARGO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Economic embargo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ECONOMIC EMBARGO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of economic embargo in the English dictionary

The definition of economic embargo in the dictionary is a legal stoppage of commerce, usually taken by one nation or group of nations to harm the economy of another nation or group, often to force a political change.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ECONOMIC EMBARGO


Argo
ˈɑːɡəʊ
argot
ˈɑːɡəʊ
asiago
ˌæzɪˈɑːɡəʊ
botargo
bəˈtɑːɡəʊ
cagot
ˈkɑːɡəʊ
cargo
ˈkɑːɡəʊ
Chicago
ʃɪˈkɑːɡəʊ
embargo
ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ
Fargo
ˈfɑːɡəʊ
farrago
fəˈrɑːɡəʊ
galago
ɡəˈlɑːɡəʊ
kago
ˈkɑːɡəʊ
largo
ˈlɑːɡəʊ
Otago
ɒˈtɑːɡəʊ
pargo
ˈpɑːɡəʊ
preembargo
ˌpriːɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ
Santiago
ˌsæntɪˈɑːɡəʊ
supercargo
ˌsuːpəˈkɑːɡəʊ
virago
vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ
vorago
vəˈrɑːɡəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ECONOMIC EMBARGO

economic
economic analyst
Economic and Monetary Union
economic determinism
economic geography
economic geology
economic indicator
economic management
economic migrant
economic rationalism
economic rent
economic sanctions
economic zone
economical
economically
economics
economies
economies of scale
economisation
economiser

WORDS THAT END LIKE ECONOMIC EMBARGO

air cargo
albergo
borgo
bulk cargo
deck cargo
ergo
forgo
oil embargo
overgo
sorgo
trade embargo
undergo
Virgo

Synonyms and antonyms of economic embargo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «economic embargo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ECONOMIC EMBARGO

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The translations of economic embargo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «economic embargo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

经济封锁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

embargo económico
570 millions of speakers

English

economic embargo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्थिक प्रतिबंध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحصار الاقتصادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экономическое эмбарго
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

embargo econômico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্থনৈতিক নিষেধাজ্ঞা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

embargo économique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Embargo ekonomi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wirtschaftsembargo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

経済制裁
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경제 제재 조치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Embargo ekonomi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lệnh cấm vận kinh tế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருளாதார தடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्थिक बंधन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ekonomik ambargo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

embargo economico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

embargo ekonomiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

економічне ембарго
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

embargo economic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικονομικού εμπάργκο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ekonomiese embargo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ekonomiskt embargo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

økonomisk embargo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of economic embargo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ECONOMIC EMBARGO»

The term «economic embargo» is normally little used and occupies the 118.178 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ECONOMIC EMBARGO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «economic embargo» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «economic embargo» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about economic embargo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECONOMIC EMBARGO»

Discover the use of economic embargo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to economic embargo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Economic Cold War: America's Embargo Against China and the ...
This book examines how and why the United States and its allies instituted economic sanctions against the People's Republic of China in the 1950s, and how the embargo affected Chinese domestic policy and the Sino-Soviet alliance.
Shu Guang Zhang, 2001
2
Economic Sanctions: Agencies Face Competing Priorities in ...
Since mid-2003, the administration has taken actions,. 23Pub. L. No. 104-114, 110 Stat. 785. 24Section 102(h) of Helms-Burton states that “the economic embargo of Cuba, as in effect on March 1, 1996, including all restrictions ...
David Gootnick
3
Economic Sanctions and American Diplomacy
The main rationale for the economic embargo was the threat to U.S. national security posed by a Communist Cuba that, by February 1962, had become allied economically and militarily with the Soviet Union. The embargo, however, was at  ...
Richard Haass, 1998
4
US Economic Statecraft for Survival, 1933-1991: Of ...
... achieving anything really substantial. Despite this conclusion, some involved in economic embargo policy continued to nurse hopes that it would have a more dramatic impact, particularly with regard to China, but the evidence was against ...
Alan P. Dobson, 2003
5
Economic Sanctions as an Instrument of U.S. Foreign Policy
With the hindsight of more than 45 years it can be asserted that the economic embargo against Cuba was not only ineffective but also counterproductive for the political goals of the United States. As practically a satellite of the USSR in the ...
Helen Osieja, 2006
6
The Laws and Legal System of a Free-market Cuba: A ...
... to the appropriate congressional committees under Section 203(c)(l) that a transition government in Cuba is in power, the President, after consultation with the Congress, is authorized to take steps to suspend the economic embargo of Cuba ...
Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, 1997
7
Cuban Communism: 1959-2003
The U.S. economic embargo against Cuba has been in place for thirty-six years. During that period, its rationale and goals have changed. For the most part, its principal purpose was either to modify the international behavior of Fidel Castro ...
Irving Louis Horowitz, Jaime Suchlicki, 2003
8
Enforcement of Penalties Against Violations of the U.S. ...
From a policy standpoint, however, the comprehensive U.S. economic embargo against Cuba is extremely effective. While there are cases in which U.S. persons violate federal regulations, some of which are investigated and some of which no  ...
Dan Burton, 1996
9
The Economic War Against Cuba: A Historical and Legal ...
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea condemned strongly the economic embargo as it violated the Charter and had been “flagrantly imposed” on the sovereignty of Cuba and its people. Once again, he urged the United States to lift the ...
Salim Lamrani, 2013
10
Sanctions in Haiti: Human Rights and Democracy Under Assault
This chapter follows the course of the virus and its consequences for the Haitian population's basic human rights. Economic Consequences The economic embargo initiated against Haiti by the OAS in October 1991 is often belittled as porous ...
Elizabeth D. Gibbons, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECONOMIC EMBARGO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term economic embargo is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Europeans rush to seek Cuba deals in light of US-Cuba thaw
They remain largely shut out by a U.S. economic embargo, which Obama is asking Congress to lift, so the Europeans are attempting to seize ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
2
Orlando-to-Cuba charter flights begin
... the Cuban government or isolate the island, including toughening the economic embargo first imposed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. «Bay News 9, Jul 15»
3
Will Carnival's cruises to Cuba spoil everything? Maybe not
Now it wants Congress to lift the economic embargo against Cuba, a move that seems unlikely any time soon. MORE: What a first-time visitor to ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
4
A month of missing deadlines
... that UN sanctions would be lifted; EU sanctions will be scaled back and the US will also moderate its economic embargo against Tehran. «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
5
Ken Rosen's Documentary "Cuba in Transition" Kicks Off Kickstarter …
“I wanted to understand what it was like to live under an economic embargo from the most powerful country in the world, while living so close to ... «NEWS.GNOM.ES, Jul 15»
6
Sudan: Six-month gold export reaches 43 tons
International human rights organizations have called for an economic embargo on Sudan's gold exports, claiming that the revenues from the ... «StarAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Iran's regime knows 'snapback sanctions' aren't going to be able to …
For its threats to have teeth, Washington needs Iran to believe that the pain from the renewed onslaught of a US-led economic embargo could ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
8
Obama unlikely to name US ambassador for Cuba quickly
The State Department emphasized that restrictions on U.S. citizen travel to Cuba and the economic embargo remain in place and can be lifted ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
9
Havana, anyone? JetBlue launches direct flights from New York City
The United States cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961, when it announced an economic embargo that halted trade and tourism ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
10
'It's a victory they have to negotiate with us'
She called for an end to the U.S. economic embargo. “Do these changes mean there will be a McDonald's on every corner?” asked one ... «The Militant, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Economic embargo [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/economic-embargo>. Apr 2024 ».
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