North Atlantic Treaty Organization

British  

noun

1. the full name of NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cultural  

1. An international organization, begun in 1949. The members have pledged to settle disputes among themselves peacefully and to defend one another against outside aggressors. The founding members of NATO are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. Greece, Spain, Turkey, and Germany became members later. France was a founding member, but withdrew from NATO's military command in 1967. The Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union and its allies largely in response to the formation of NATO. Since the end of the cold war, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland have joined.

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Example Sentences

James Stavridis, who served as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization commander and the former head of Southern Command, said it could require “potentially the largest special forces operation in history.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Now European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have pledged to spend 5% of gross domestic product on arms and security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization condemned the targeting of Turkey, a member of the military alliance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Turkey’s defense ministry said earlier that North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces shot down the missile as it headed toward Turkish airspace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The Council, desiring to simplify the structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in order to make it more effective, asked the Council Deputies to initiate appropriate action.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel