What does an acronym mean?

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an acro·nym

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  1. 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  


  2. 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  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of an acronym in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of an acronym in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of an acronym in a Sentence

  1. Gary Johnson:

    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.

  2. Brad Woodhouse:

    Let me respond by using the acronym of Christie's PAC- LMFAO.

  3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    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.

  4. Senior Officer Deon Joseph:

    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.

  5. Keven Kwaku:

    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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