a word formed from the first letters of the words that make up the name of sth, for example 'Aids' is an acronym for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for acronym is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is acronym a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, acronym is tagged as noun.
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