How do you use Comecon in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Comecon in a sentence
Comecon meaning
Abbreviation of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, a multinational economic organization that existed in the Eastern Bloc from 1949 to 1991.
Using Comecon
- The main meaning on this page is: Abbreviation of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, a multinational economic organization that existed in the Eastern Bloc from 1949 to 1991.
- In the example corpus, comecon often appears in combinations such as: comecon countries, with comecon, former comecon.
Context around Comecon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Comecon
- In this selection, "comecon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, countries, although and area stand out and add context to how "comecon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1987 when comecon with which and in other comecon countries mostly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "comecon" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with comecon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Estonia's market reforms put it among the economic leaders in the former COMECON area. (15 words)
The official policy of neutrality enabled Finland to trade both with Western and Comecon markets. (15 words)
Prior to the change of regime in 1989, 65% of Hungary's trade was with Comecon countries. (17 words)
The mayor's highrise office (the former Comecon headquarters) is to the left, the Russian government building to the right Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building The White House Moscow is the seat of power for the Russian Federation. (41 words)
Following the dissolution of the Comecon and the loss of its traditional trading partners, Vietnam was forced to liberalize trade, devalue its exchange rate to increase exports, and embark on a policy of economic development. (35 words)
Enver Hoxha, Reflections on China, vol. 2: (Toronto: Norman Bethune Institute, 1979), 41. In response, trade with COMECON (although trade with the Soviet Union was still blocked) and Yugoslavia grew. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
Bulgaria's economy contracted dramatically after 1987 when Comecon, with which the Bulgarian economy had integrated closely, dissolved.
Collectivization efforts were abandoned—agricultural land, unlike in other Comecon countries, mostly remained in the private ownership of farming families.
Enver Hoxha, Reflections on China, vol. 2: (Toronto: Norman Bethune Institute, 1979), 41. In response, trade with COMECON (although trade with the Soviet Union was still blocked) and Yugoslavia grew.
Estonia's market reforms put it among the economic leaders in the former COMECON area.
Following the dissolution of the Comecon and the loss of its traditional trading partners, Vietnam was forced to liberalize trade, devalue its exchange rate to increase exports, and embark on a policy of economic development.
Prior to the change of regime in 1989, 65% of Hungary's trade was with Comecon countries.
The mayor's highrise office (the former Comecon headquarters) is to the left, the Russian government building to the right Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building The White House Moscow is the seat of power for the Russian Federation.
The members of Comecon looked to the Soviet Union for oil; in turn, they provided machinery, equipment, agricultural goods, industrial goods, and consumer goods to the Soviet Union.
The official policy of neutrality enabled Finland to trade both with Western and Comecon markets.
Common combinations with comecon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: