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Meanings of acronym in English

Russian
acronym
Portuguese
sigla
Spanish
acrónimo
Catalan
acrònim
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Abbreviation made out of the first letters of the words of a sequence.

acronym
Usage of acronym in English
1
It's happening right now, Trump added, using an acronym for Islamic State.
Reuters
2
The police union said it was simply an acronym and not racist.
Reuters
3
The dreaded acronym is, of course, SAC - Special Areas of Conservation.
The Irish Times
4
Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, using a common acronym for Islamic State.
Reuters
5
Hope was the nickname of an acronym: Hedge funds for Old-Age Pensioners.
A week in december
6
Furthermore, we really need to rethink our use of the Stem acronym.
The Irish Times
7
Daesh is the Arab acronym for Islamic State, also known as Isis.
The Irish Times
8
This is an acronym that stands for Knowledge Igniting National Gentlemen Success.
Ebony
9
Swift is the acronym for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications.
The Irish Times
10
CAB was an acronym for a small company named Capitol Area Buslettes.
Finger lickin' fifteen
11
It's something I'm watching, he said, using an acronym for the group.
Reuters
12
The first obstacle to a Federal United Kingdom is the unfortunate acronym.
The Irish Times
13
The acronym SUGAR stands for Support, Unity, Giving Back, Action and Redefinition.
Ebony
14
In other words, the acronym itself is the index to its description.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
15
An acronym coined by the FBI in its popular Most Wanted lists.
The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook
16
The Southern Initiative or TSI, to use its council acronym, is not.
Radio NZ
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Translations for acronym
Spanish
acrónimo
Catalan
acrònim
Acronym through the time
Acronym across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare