noun🔗ShareA term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter."BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation."languagelinguisticswordcommunicationwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words."Many organizations and fields use initialisms, such as "NASA" for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to shorten lengthy names. "languagelinguisticswordgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
