noun🔗ShareAn abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").""NASA is an acronym for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration." "languagegrammarwritinglinguisticscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux")."NASA is an acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "languagewritingcommunicationwordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo form into an acronym."The students acronymed the long phrase "International Space Station" to create the familiar acronym, ISS. "languagewordcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
