What does an acronym mean?
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an acro·nym
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Editors Contribution
an acronymadjective
A group of uppercase letters where each letter signifies a word
SMTP is acronym for simple mail transfer protocol.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2023
An acronymnoun
An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components of a phrase or a word, usually individual letters, as in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) or SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) and sometimes syllables (as in "Benelux").
Submitted by rinat on July 9, 2019
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of an acronym in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of an acronym in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of an acronym in a Sentence
This morning, I began my day by setting aside any doubt that I’m human, yes, I understand the dynamics of the Syrian conflict—I talk about them every day. But hit with ‘What about Aleppo?’, I immediately was thinking about an acronym, not the Syrian conflict. I blanked. It happens, and it will happen again during the course of this campaign.
Let me respond by using the acronym of Christie's PAC- LMFAO.
Truth -has a way of silencing the enemy or your adversaries. My reggae is the sword of the spirit of truth, jah truth. It is the acronym for-taking reggae unto the heathens.
My favorite rap groups were NWA and Public enemy, yes FTP (an Acronym for f*** the police) was playing on my tape deck when I'm driving my Nissan Sentra back in the day.
Information Superhighway is really an acronym for 'Interactive Network For Organizing, Retrieving, Manipulating, Accessing And Transferring Information On National Systems, Unleashing Practically Every Rebellious Human Intelligence, Gratifying Hackers, Wiseacres, And Yahoos'.
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