Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ec12

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.43 in modern English

Syllables: ec12
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Collectively, the twelve member states of the European Community (EC) from 1986 to 1992, after Portugal and Spain joined the organization.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1992, the estimated effects of liberalization on Hungarian and Polish exports to the EC12 were clearly larger than the predicted increases, while for the ex-Czechoslovakia they were rather close to predictions."
"Figure 4 also shows that, although the EU25 broadly slowed down decision-making speed as compared with the EC12 and EC10, we ﬁnd a signiﬁcant diﬀerence from the EC15 only for those acts that were in the legislative process for around 200 days."

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

EC6 EC9 EC10 EU12 EU15 EU25 EU27 EU28

Questions

What does ec12 mean?: Collectively, the twelve member states of the European Community (EC) from 1986 to 1992, after Portugal and Spain joined the organization.

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