First International

American  

noun

1. a socialistic organization (1864–76) formed to unite and promote the interests of workers throughout the world.

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First International British  

noun

1. Official name: International Workingmen's Association.  an association of socialists and labour leaders founded in London in 1864 and dissolved in Philadelphia in 1876

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Example Sentences

The group of 21 co-authors from nine countries was formed as a result of the First International Summit on Plant Resilience, organized by the Plant Resilience Institute earlier this year.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

The increase comes largely from strong oil and natural gas prices and sustained production over the past year, according to Watford City-based MineralTracker, part of First International Bank & Trust.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

In the U.S., the current dysfunctional health care system could profit from such studies on two levels, Hudis said in his talk at the First International Summit on Interventional Pharmacoeconomics.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2020

One of Garber’s favorite anecdotes involves her grandfather’s service as a judge for Scientific American’s First International Paper Airplane Competition in 1966–67.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2018

On the morning following our arrival, I went downstairs to the cafeteria, where fifty-seven children from twenty-three countries were waiting to have breakfast and to begin the United Nations First International Children’s Parliament.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah