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NAC

NAC

1 7.6
A group that makes the main decisions for NATO with representatives from each member country
  • noun
  • Jargon
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  • The ambassador delivered a report to the NAC regarding the defense policy updates.
  • NAC members
  • NAC membership

Examples

  • During the summit, leaders praised the NAC for its role in facilitating cooperation among allies.

  • Let's convince the NAC to vote November.

    Local Band (2023)

  • The committee should be required to report at regular intervals to the NAC on these ongoing discussions and evaluations.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Determining actual NAC membership levels is difficult because the NAC is not a single organization but rather a broad set of loosely related churches.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Market demand comes from the NAC, a large religion with membership exceeding 250,000 individuals across the United States and Canada.

    Academic text (2016)

  • As provided by Article 9 of its founding treaty, NATO can create committees subordinate to the NAC.

    Academic text (2002)

  • There are approximately 200 different NAC chapters, some with multiple congregations, located in twenty-nine states and Canada (TDPS 2013).

    Academic text (2016)

  • Estimates on NAC membership range from 250,000 to 400,000 (Long 2000), and up to 600,000 (Prue 2014).

    Academic text (2016)

  • The NAC convened to discuss strategic initiatives among NATO member countries.

Synonyms

North Atlantic Council
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  • Formal
1 6.0

A group in NATO that makes political decisions and includes permanent representatives from each member country

is the abbreviation form used for that same decision body

Surface Forms

NAC singular

Morphology

NAC = North Atlantic Council (opaque) = N + A + C

The form 'NAC' is an initialism that does not allow learners to infer the expansion without prior knowledge.

Etymology

NAC comes from the first letters of North, Atlantic, and Council, so it is the short form of 'North Atlantic Council' in NATO. Think of it as the table where country representatives meet to make important alliance decisions, which is why NAC means NATO's main decision-making body.