From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006): EC n 1: an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" [syn: European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe]
EC n 1: an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" [syn: European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe]