The Hague Conference on Yugoslavia

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

Hague properNoun

— A town in New York — A city in North Dakota — A town in Saskatchewan

conference Noun

— A conference is a large organised meeting to discuss a particular topic or area. FMBRA will be holding a conference on diet, health, and the food industry on 19 March in Barcelona. Some of the world's top scientists attended an important conference in 1983, to study the effects of nuclear weapons. — A conference is a meeting. Contact the teacher or coach and ask for a private conference without your child's presence.

on Preposition

— positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above The apple is on the table. — at the date of Tim was born on the 4th of July. — along, forwards (continuing an action) drive on, rock on — about, dealing with the subject of I have a book on history. There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago. — touching; hanging from I have no money on me at the moment. I would like to eat the fruit on the trees. — because of, due to He was arrested on suspicion of bribery. I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it. The stock price increased on news of a new product.

on Adjective

— If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating. The television is on. The lights are on, so it is very bright.

Yugoslavia Proper noun

— Yugoslavia is a country that used to exist on the Balkan Peninsula. It has split up into Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo and Croatia.