nato

1. 1.

   an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

   SynonymsNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization

   Broaderworld organization

   PartsSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeAllied Command AtlanticAllied Command EuropeNorth Atlantic Council

Other forms of nato

plural

natoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nato

What does nato mean?

nato means "an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security".

How many syllables are in nato?

nato has 2 syllables: na-to. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˈneɪtoʊ/.

What is another word for nato?

Close synonyms include North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nato a common word?

nato is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.