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the original on january 8 2026 retrieved january 22 2020 ac ro nym ăk rə nĭm n 1 a word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name such as nato from n orth a tlantic t reaty o rganization or by combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words such as radar from ra dio d etecting a nd r anging 2 usage problem an initialism acr o onym ac ro nym ic a cron y mous ə krŏn ə məs adj usage note in strict usage the term acronym refers to a word made from the initial letters or parts of other words such as sonar from so und na vigation and r anging the distinguishing feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a single word in the manner of nato and nasa acronyms are often distinguished from initialisms like fbi and nih whose individual letters are pronounced as separate syllables while observing this distinction has some virtue in precision it may be lost on many people for whom the term acronym refers to both kinds of abbreviations 1 2 3 acronym n oxford english dictionary third ed oxford university press december 2011 archived from the original on may 14 2023 retrieved january 22 2020 acronym n pronunciation british ˈakrənɪm american ˈækrəˌnɪm origin formed within english by compounding modelled on a german lexical item etymons acro comb form onym comb form etymology acro comb form onym comb form after german akronym 1921 or earlier originally us 1 a group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression each letter or part being pronounced separately an initialism such as atm tls in the oxford english dictionary o e d the term initialism is used for this phenomenon see sense 2 for o e d use of the word 1940 w muir e muir tr l feuchtwanger paris gaz iii xlvii 518 pee gee enn it s an acronym ger akronym that s what it is that s what they call words made up of initials 1947 t m pearce in word study may 8 2 the acronym ddt trips pleasantly on the tongue and is already a household byword 1959 rotarian may 43 1 ddd an acronym that sounds more like a cattle brand 1975 jet 24 july 9 1 the puns on the acronym cia were spawned by recent disclosures about the intelligence agency 1985 c jencks mod movements in archit ed 2 i 75 called by the acronym scsd schools construction system development 2008 atlantic monthly june 104 2 the acronym tss tout sauf sarkozy anything but sarkozy 2 a word formed from the initial letters of other words or occasionally from the initial parts of syllables taken from other words the whole being pronounced as a single word such as nato rada 1943 amer notes queries february 167 1 words made up of the initial letters or syllables of other words i have seen called by the name acronym 1947 word study 6 title acronym talk or tomorrow s english 1950 s potter our lang 163 acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from national biscuit company 1959 times 1 september 22 3 new words which are constructed out of initial letters are called i understand acronyms 1961 electronics 21 april 51 2 colidar an acronym from coherent light detecting and ranging 1976 p r hutt in iba techn rev ix 4 2 the author hit on the idea of the name oracle and it was not long before it was made into an acronym for optional reception of announcements by coded line electronics 2009 n y times national ed april 16 a 2 2 turning tea into an acronym for taxed enough already demonstrators were expected to attend more than 750 rallies to protest government spending acronym macquarie dictionary macmillan publishers australia archived from the original on may 12 2023 retrieved january 22 2020 acronym ˈækrənɪm say akruhnim noun 1 a word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words as radar from radio detection and ranging or anzac from australian and new zealand army corps compare initialism 2 an initialism acro o nym modelled on synonym acronym collins cobuild advanced english dictionary harpercollins publishers archived from the original on february 8 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 an acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase especially when this is used as a name an example of an acronym is nato which is made up of the first letters of the north atlantic treaty organization acronym cambridge advanced learner s dictionary thesaurus cambridge university press archived from the original on february 8 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something pronounced as a word acronym macmillan dictionary macmillan education limited archived from the original on april 5 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 an abbreviation consisting of letters that form a word for example nato is an acronym for the north atlantic treaty organization acronym longman dictionary of contemporary english pearson longman archived from the original on april 5 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization for example nato is an acronym for the north atlantic treaty organization new oxford american dictionary 3rd ed oxford oxford university press 2010 p 15 isbn 978 0 19 539288 3 oclc 614990378 ac ro nym ˈakrəˌnim n an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word e g ascii nasa origin 1940s from greek akron end tip onoma name on the pattern of homonym acronym webster s new world college dictionary fifth edition houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company 2014 archived from the original on april 5 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 a word formed from the first or first few letters of a series of words as radar from ra dio d etecting a nd r anging acronym lexico oxford university press archived from the original on december 22 2019 retrieved january 22 2020 an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word e g ascii nasa fowler henry watson june 1 2015 jeremy butterfield ed fowler s dictionary of modern english usage 4th ed oxford university press p 16 isbn 978 0 19 966135 0 10 2 acronyms initialisms contractions the chicago manual of style 16th ed university of chicago press 2010 isbn 978 0 226 10420 1 bryson bill september 17 2002 bryson s dictionary of troublesome words crown p 9 isbn 978 0 7679 1047 7 retrieved march 11 2020 garner bryan july 28 2009 garner s modern american usage oxford university press p 2 isbn 978 0 19 987462 0 siegal allan m connoly william g 2015 the new york times manual of style and usage the official style guide used by the writers and editors of the world s most authoritative news organization 5th ed three rivers press p 5 isbn 978 1 101 90544 9 1 2 merriam webster inc merriam webster s dictionary of english usage 1994 isbn 0 87779 132 5 pp 21 22 acronyms a number of commentators as copperud 1970 janis 1984 howard 1984 believe that acronyms can be differentiated from other abbreviations in being pronounceable as words dictionaries however do not make this distinction because writers in general do not the powder metallurgy industry has officially adopted the acronym p m parts precision metal molding january 1966 users of the term acronym make no distinction between those pronounced as words and those pronounced as a series of characters jean praninskas trade name creation 1968 it is not j c b s fault that its name let alone its acronym is not a household word among european scholars times literary supp february 5 1970 the confusion in the pentagon about abbreviations and acronyms words formed from the first letters of other words bernard weinraub n y times december 11 1978 pyles algeo 1970 divide acronyms into initialisms which consists of initial letters pronounced with the letter names and word acronyms which are pronounced as words initialism an older word than acronym seems to be too little known to the general public to serve as the customary term standing in contrast with acronym in a narrow sense favilla emmy december 27 2019 buzzfeed style guide buzzfeed com archived 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