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acronymize

acronymize verb: to turn a phrase into an acronym.

Verb

acronymize (third-person singular simple present acronymizes, present participle acronymizing, simple past and past participle acronymized)

  1. (transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
    • A sole professor, who has failed to attract recruits, does not need to acronymize the creations of their own making. But the existence of a capitalized acronym announces that the world is taking seriously an approach or topic […]2013, Michael Billig, Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences, page 89

Forms of acronymize

third-person singular presentacronymizes
present participleacronymizing
past participleacronymized
pastacronymized
alternative formacronymise

Origin of acronymize

From acronym + -ize.

Words formed from acronymize

Questions about acronymize

What does acronymize mean?
Acronymize means to turn a phrase into an acronym.
What part of speech is acronymize?
Acronymize is a verb.
What is the past tense of acronymize?
The past tense of acronymize is acronymized.

Words near acronymize in the dictionary

  1. acronymising
  2. acronymist
  3. acronymists
  4. acronymitis
  5. acronymization
  6. acronymize
  7. acronymized
  8. acronymizes
  9. acronymizing
  10. acronymmed
  11. acronymming

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