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

It will likely initiate a cosmic shift in ongoing trade, diplomatic and military relationships with many countries, particularly the North Atlantic Treaty Organization signatories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization raised their military-spending targets to 5% of GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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

In a separate incident earlier Wednesday, North Atlantic Treaty Organization air defenses shot down an Iranian missile that was passing through Iraqi and Syrian airspace on its way toward southern Turkey.

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