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.

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Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s top military commander, said in recent Senate testimony that most European allies “have been extremely supportive.”

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President Dwight Eisenhower believed the Anglo-French intervention would poison Arab states against the U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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In 1950, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization comprised a dozen countries, and the U.S. spent more than twice as much on defense as all the other members combined.

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I don’t know whether Kyiv will eventually enter the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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