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1. (n.) acronym
a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of the words in a name or phrase, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, or loran from
long-range navigation.
2. acronym
an acrostic.
Etymology: (1940–45; acr - + -onym)
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1. (noun) acronym
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
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1. (noun) acronym
a word made using the first letters of other words
AIDS is an acronym.
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