acronymize en · VERB
Etymology
From acronym + -ize.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| acronymized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| acronymized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| acronymise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| acronymizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| acronymizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |