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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•ro•nym /ˈækrənɪm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- 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 AIDS from acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Compare abbreviation. See -acro-, -onym-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•ro•nym (ak′rə nim),USA pronunciation n. - a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- Games, Poetryan acrostic.
v.t. - to make an acronym of:The committee's name has been acronymed MIKE.
ac′ro•nym′ic, a•cron•y•mous (ə kron′ə məs),USA pronunciation adj. ac′ro•nym′i•cal•ly, adv. |