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acronymized

acronymized is the simple past and past participle of acronymize.

Meaning of acronymize

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

Questions about acronymized

What is acronymized the simple past and past participle of?
Acronymized is the simple past and past participle of acronymize.

Words near acronymized in the dictionary

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

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