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

Warsaw holds the gold medal for North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense spending—4.3% of its economy, according to NATO’s count.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

As part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the European Union, the Schengen Area and the eurozone, Croatia delivers regulatory predictability and political durability that institutional capital requires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

They include the U.S., the U.K. and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, as well as neighbors in Asia such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Trump has made no final decision about the future of the U.S. role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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