acronym

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Word parts

acro- + -onym

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
acronym

Plural
acronyms

  1. (countable) An acronym is an abbreviation usually made by the first letters of a series of words, and which is itself said as a word
    RAM, radar and scuba are acronyms.

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