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# oas

«oas» in Mova's school dictionary: **OAS: the Organization of American States, a group of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (OAS); fragment

### meaning for a pupil

1) OAS: the Organization of American States, a group of countries in North, Central and South America that work together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#m1)

2) (UK, old) OAP is the common abbreviation for old age pensioner; «oas» is not a standard English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#m2)

3) The plural of «oa», a fragment that is not a real word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Not a common word for pupils. It may appear in news or geography as the name of an organisation of countries in the Americas, or as a typing fragment. When you see it, check whether it is the OAS (organisation) or a mistake.

### examples

- The OAS is a group of countries in the Americas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#x1)
- Leaders met at the OAS to talk about trade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#x2)
- Canada and the United States are members of the OAS. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#x3)
- The news report mentioned the OAS. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#x4)
- «Oas» on its own is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/#x5)

### note

Write the organisation's abbreviation in capitals: OAS. Not a dictionary word in lower case; do not use it in writing. Do not confuse with «oasis» (a green place with water in a desert) or «oaks».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oas» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oas/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.