INITIALISM

/ɪˈnɪʃəlɪzəm/ Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 15

Scrabble letter values: I1N1I1T1I1A1L1I1S1M3 = 12

Definition

  1. noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word. — synonyms: acronym
  2. noun an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately.

Examples

  • “`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization”
  • “the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)”
  • “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”

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