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Definition acronym

Etymology

Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ????? (ákron, “end, peak”) and ????? (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) +‎ -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.

Noun

acronym (plural acronyms)

1. (linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
2. (linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").

Verb

acronym (third-person singular simple present acronyms, present participle acronyming, simple past and past participle acronymed)

1. To form into an acronym

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