Showing results for NGO. Search instead for 3GO.

NGO

American

abbreviation

National Gas Outlet.
nongovernmental organization.

NGO British

abbreviation

non-governmental organization
(in India) nongazetted officer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The new report by Greenpeace, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and the South Africa-based climate NGO GroundWork said continued delays could cause up to "32,000 preventable deaths" between 2026 and 2050.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Fadiah is a human rights lawyer and anti-corruption activist in Malaysia, according to Irish-based NGO Front Line Defenders.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"The main existential threat to the Islamic republic is not airstrikes... it's Iranian people who came on the streets," Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Iran Human Rights NGO told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

The study relied on long term monitoring carried out by the NGO Opération Cétacés.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

Is it because you are a mambo—a Vodou priestess who held ceremonies in the courtyard of a Christian NGO building?

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023