LEARNit Dictionary
initialism
noun
/ɪnˈɪʃəlɪzəm/
UK
/ɪnˈɪʃəlɪzəm/
US
1
a word formed from the first letters of the words that make up the name of something, with each letter pronounced separately, for example ‘CD’ is an initialism for ‘compact disc’
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