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Acronym

An acronym is an abbreviation formed using the initial letters of a multi-word name or phrase. Acronyms are often spelled with the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation.

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related to Examples · 88
Acronym → A-two, A2DP, Administración, Advanced Audio Distribution Profile, Advancement, AFTA, Amateur Athletic Association, America Online, American Automobile Association, American Broadcasting Company, AOL, AOL Instant Messenger, Applied Chemistry, ASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area, Asesoría, Asistencia, Association, BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
related to Pseudo-acronyms and orphan initialisms · 38
Acronym → ADT, All, AMC, American District Telegraph, American Movie Classics, American Telephone, AT, BBQ, BP, British Petroleum, ECHL, For, Genzyme Transgenics Corporation, GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc, K9, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, League, MTV
related to Contrived acronyms · 34
Acronym → ACT UP, BATMAN, Biochronicity, Biologically-Inspired Networks, CAN SPAM, CAPTCHA, Contrived, Counterintelligence, DARPA, Defense's Defense Advanced Research, Department, DOGE, DUDE, Extortion, French Connection, French Connection United Kingdom, In July, James Bond, Nature, NIRVANA
related to Numerals and constituent words · 33
Acronym → A2DP, Abbreviations, Advanced Audio Distribution Profile, B2B, Congress, CORE, Everyday Living, Exceptions, Four, G77, Gang, GoF, Group, Large, London, LotR, Numbers, Racial Equality, Rings, Sometimes
related to Redefined acronyms · 30
Acronym → AI, Amnesty International, Canada, Cancer, Digital Versatile Disc, DVD Forum, Examples, French Union Internationale Contre, GAO, General Accounting Office, Government Accountability Office, Government Printing Office, Government Publishing Office, GPO, In, Independent Disks, Inexpensive Disks, International Cancer Control, International Union Against Cancer, Nature
related to Style and usage guides · 30
Acronym → Abbreviations, ABC, An, B-B-C, Bryson's Dictionary, CBS, English, English Usage, Fowler's Dictionary, Furthermore, Garner's Modern American Usage, IBM, In, It's, JPEG, Manual, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Modern English Usage, NATO, NFL
related to Current use · 25
Acronym → Acronyms, Business, COMCRUDESPAC, DL, English, FDR, Franklin, GF, IM, In, Inventors, LOL, Navy, New Deal, One, Others, Pacific, Roosevelt, SMS, Some
related to Dictionaries · 21
Acronym → American English, American Heritage Dictionary, Australian Macquarie Dictionary, British Oxford English Dictionary, Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary, Contemporary English, Dictionary, English, English-speaking, However, Lexico, Longman Dictionary, Macmillan Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, New Oxford American Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Random House Webster's Unabridged, Some, The American Heritage Dictionary
related to Historical development and early usage · 21
Acronym → American Dialect Society, As, By, December, Duke University, English, English Usage, In, Linguist Ben Zimmer, Magazine, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Most, On Language, Oxford English Dictionary, PGN, Stephen Goranson, The, The American Heritage Dictionary, The Merriam, The New York Times
related to Redundant acronyms and RAS syndrome · 13
Acronym → Corp, Crime Scene Investigation, CSI, Examples, ISM Information Systems Management, Navy, NCIS, Railway Express Agency, REA Express, Rebranding, SHL Systemhouse Ltd, Trustee Savings Bank, TSB Bank

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Acronymis aabbreviation formed using the initial letters of a multi-word name or phrase0.90text
Acronymis asequence of letters0.90text
Merriam-Websterinstance ofAmerican English dictionaries0.80text
Dictionary.com's Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionaryinstance ofAmerican English dictionaries0.80text
the American Heritage Dictionary as well as the British Oxford English Dictionaryinstance ofAmerican English dictionaries0.80text
the Australian Macquarie Dictionary all include a sense in their entries for acronym equating it with initialisminstance ofAmerican English dictionaries0.80text
although The American Heritage Dictionary criticizes it with the labelinstance ofAmerican English dictionaries0.80text
the U.S.A. forinstance ofForms0.80text
organisation namesinstance ofIt is still often for names0.80text
among the most famous being MARA from Majlis Amanah Rakyatinstance ofIt is still often for names0.80text
د.ب.ڤ for ديوان بهاس دان ڤوستاکinstance ofthe initial Jawi letters would be written separated by a period0.80text
TUKIinstance ofacronyms are common for naming organizations0.80text

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