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Initialism meaning

  1. A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
  2. The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.

Using Initialism

  • The main meaning on this page is: A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter. | The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.
  • In the example corpus, initialism often appears in combinations such as: the initialism, an initialism, initialism for.

Context around Initialism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

usa 1× fft 1× letter 1×

Often after:

may 1× upn 1× aal 1×

Sentence patterns with Initialism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

an initialism is similar 1× avoiding the initialism 1× cbs an initialism of the 1× is an initialism for naval 1× that usa initialism 1× the fft initialism may have 1× three letter initialism upn 1× under the initialism aal 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an initialism is 1× in keeping with 1× in november 1979 1× in reaction to 1× is the ultimate 1× jefferies added a 1×

Common sentence endings:

as a word 1× avoiding the initialism 1× columbia broadcasting system 1× finite fourier transform 1× letter initialism upn 1× naval construction contract 1×

Words around Initialism

Just before it in the word index:

initialised 4 initialise 4 initialisation 5 initialed 7 initial 7.204 initative 4

Just after it in the word index:

initialisms 9 initialization 21 initialize 11 initialized 22 initializes 2 initializing 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Initialism

  • In this selection, "initialism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, usa, fft, letter, may, upn and aal stand out and add context to how "initialism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an initialism is similar and avoiding the initialism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "initialism" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with initialism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Is the ultimate ambition to change the acronym for that USA initialism? (12 words)

An initialism is similar to acronym but is not pronounced as a word. (13 words)

In keeping with Doriot's instructions, the name was an initialism for " Programmable Data Processor ", leaving off the term "computer". (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Jefferies added a second "C" because he thought it looked better. citation The Franz Joseph Blueprints, the book The Making of Star Trek, and a handful of Star Trek novels state that NCC is an initialism for "Naval Construction Contract". (40 words)

In November 1979 the federal government informed the Bundestag main that the West German public broadcasters ARD main and ZDF main had agreed to refuse to use the initialism. (29 words)

In reaction to this move, in 1965 the Federal Minister of All-German Affairs Erich Mende issued the Directives for the appellation of Germany recommending avoiding the initialism. (28 words)

Question examples

Is the ultimate ambition to change the acronym for that USA initialism? (12 words)

Example sentences (10)

Is the ultimate ambition to change the acronym for that USA initialism?

An initialism is similar to acronym but is not pronounced as a word.

In keeping with Doriot's instructions, the name was an initialism for " Programmable Data Processor ", leaving off the term "computer".

In November 1979 the federal government informed the Bundestag main that the West German public broadcasters ARD main and ZDF main had agreed to refuse to use the initialism.

In reaction to this move, in 1965 the Federal Minister of All-German Affairs Erich Mende issued the Directives for the appellation of Germany recommending avoiding the initialism.

Jefferies added a second "C" because he thought it looked better. citation The Franz Joseph Blueprints, the book The Making of Star Trek, and a handful of Star Trek novels state that NCC is an initialism for "Naval Construction Contract".

One was network option time, the culprit here being CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System).

Prior to its current usage, the "FFT" initialism may have also been used for the ambiguous term " finite Fourier transform ".

Shortly afterward, Viacom shortened the network's official name from the "United Paramount Network" to the three-letter initialism, "UPN".

These notes, which are more extensive than Menabrea's paper, were then published in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs under the initialism AAL.

Common combinations with initialism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Initialism means: A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
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