NATOn.

Brit.

/ˈneɪtəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈneɪdoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– N.A.T.O., 1900s– NATO, 1900s– Nato.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (see North Atlantic Treaty Organization n. at North Atlantic n. 4).

A military alliance of the United States and Canada with a number of European nations. Frequently attributive.The North Atlantic Treaty was signed on 4 April, 1949. It contained clauses that pledged the signatories to mutual support against armed attack, and established a centralized administrative and leadership structure. The founding members were the United States, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances

auld alliance1566

the League1589

armed neutrality1780

German Confederation1786

Germanic Confederation1815

Holy Alliance1823

the Concert of Europe1841

Sonderbund1847

Triplice1896

Soviet block1919

communist bloc1922

Eastern bloc1922

Soviet bloc1924

axis1936

Rome–Berlin Axis1936

Eastern block1938

communist block1941

Western European Union1944

Arab League1945

Western Union1948

Atlantic Pact1949

NATO1949

North Atlantic Treaty Organization1949

Seato1954

W.E.U.1954

Warsaw Pact1955

Atlantic Alliance1958

ASEAN1967

G201972

1949 Times 1 Dec. 3/3 The Canadian Minister for National Defence..revealed the existence of..another series of international abbreviations now in..use among the planners. These were N.A.T. (North Atlantic Treaty) and N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

1954 Internat. Organization 8 597 General Guenther was further reported to have said that time was not on the side of the NATO alliance.

1966 Times 3 Feb. 13/2 President Kekkonen's proposals for a neutral ‘Fenno-Scandia’, to include not only Finland and Sweden but also Norway and perhaps Denmark if they were prepared to leave Nato.

1975 Guardian 5 Dec. 3/1 Britain is interested in buying several of the aircraft provided that other European NATO countries also join in.

1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 113 Borneo proved a useful testing ground for the new semi-automatic Armalite, infinitely preferable to the cumbersome and weighty NATO-issue FN rifle.

2001 Independent 1 Feb. i. 14/7 Soldiers have been pouring into the city to reinforce Nato-led peace-keepers.

Derivatives

ˈNato-ish adj. rare supporting NATO.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > relating to alliance > favouring specific alliance

Triplicist1923

pro-Axis1938

Nato-ish1965

NATOist1974

1965 Economist 28 Aug. 770/3 The Socialist People's party has accused Labour of being too capitalistic and too Nato-ish.

ˈNatoism n. (also Nato-ism) commitment to NATO.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances > adherence to

Atlanticism1950

Natoism1965

1965 New Statesman 24 Dec. 992/2 De Gaulle will not budge on his slightly neutralist type of Natoism.

1986 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Dec. Mr. Kinnock's Nato-ism and his refusal to ‘do a New Zealand’ by keeping out American nuclear subs, disappoint the Euro-neutralists..while failing to appease mainstream Washington.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nato
释义	NATOn. Brit. /ˈneɪtəʊ/, U.S. /ˈneɪdoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– N.A.T.O., 1900s– NATO, 1900s– Nato. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (see North Atlantic Treaty Organization n. at North Atlantic n. 4). A military alliance of the United States and Canada with a number of European nations. Frequently attributive.The North Atlantic Treaty was signed on 4 April, 1949. It contained clauses that pledged the signatories to mutual support against armed attack, and established a centralized administrative and leadership structure. The founding members were the United States, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances auld alliance1566 the League1589 armed neutrality1780 German Confederation1786 Germanic Confederation1815 Holy Alliance1823 the Concert of Europe1841 Sonderbund1847 Triplice1896 Soviet block1919 communist bloc1922 Eastern bloc1922 Soviet bloc1924 axis1936 Rome–Berlin Axis1936 Eastern block1938 communist block1941 Western European Union1944 Arab League1945 Western Union1948 Atlantic Pact1949 NATO1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization1949 Seato1954 W.E.U.1954 Warsaw Pact1955 Atlantic Alliance1958 ASEAN1967 G201972 1949 Times 1 Dec. 3/3 The Canadian Minister for National Defence..revealed the existence of..another series of international abbreviations now in..use among the planners. These were N.A.T. (North Atlantic Treaty) and N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). 1954 Internat. Organization 8 597 General Guenther was further reported to have said that time was not on the side of the NATO alliance. 1966 Times 3 Feb. 13/2 President Kekkonen's proposals for a neutral ‘Fenno-Scandia’, to include not only Finland and Sweden but also Norway and perhaps Denmark if they were prepared to leave Nato. 1975 Guardian 5 Dec. 3/1 Britain is interested in buying several of the aircraft provided that other European NATO countries also join in. 1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 113 Borneo proved a useful testing ground for the new semi-automatic Armalite, infinitely preferable to the cumbersome and weighty NATO-issue FN rifle. 2001 Independent 1 Feb. i. 14/7 Soldiers have been pouring into the city to reinforce Nato-led peace-keepers. Derivatives ˈNato-ish adj. rare supporting NATO. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > relating to alliance > favouring specific alliance Triplicist1923 pro-Axis1938 Nato-ish1965 NATOist1974 1965 Economist 28 Aug. 770/3 The Socialist People's party has accused Labour of being too capitalistic and too Nato-ish. ˈNatoism n. (also Nato-ism) commitment to NATO. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances > adherence to Atlanticism1950 Natoism1965 1965 New Statesman 24 Dec. 992/2 De Gaulle will not budge on his slightly neutralist type of Natoism. 1986 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Dec. Mr. Kinnock's Nato-ism and his refusal to ‘do a New Zealand’ by keeping out American nuclear subs, disappoint the Euro-neutralists..while failing to appease mainstream Washington. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949
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