Usually means: Abbreviation formed from initial letters.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word acronym:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. acronym: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. acronym: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acronym: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acronym: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acronym: Vocabulary.com
  6. Acronym, acronym: Wordnik
  7. acronym: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. acronym: Wiktionary
  9. acronym: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acronym: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acronym: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. acronym: Dictionary.com
  13. acronym: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. acronym: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Acronym (political organization), Acronym: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. acronym: Rhymezone
  17. ACRONYM: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. acronym: Free Dictionary
  19. acronym: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. acronym: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. acronym: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Acronym: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acronym: Legal dictionary

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. acronym: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. acronym: Netlingo
  3. acronym: CCI Computer
  4. Webopedia (No longer online)
  5. acronym: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. acronym: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ACRONYM: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. acronym: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  3. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See acronymic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
noun:  Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
noun:  Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser").
noun:  (linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
verb:  To form into an acronym.

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