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This inline template is placed after any acronym, abbreviation or initialism that needs to be expanded. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Tag and hover text type 1 Change text. in = initialism | ab = abbreviation | (null or invalid value) = acronym Auto value String optional Month and year date The ...
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[optional in place of period] when the language of the gloss lacks a one-word translation, a phrase may be joined by underscores, e.g., Turkish çık-mak (come_out-INF) "to come out" With some authors, the reverse is also true, for a two-word phrase glossed with a single word. [2] [21] › >, →, :
A macronym, or nested acronym, is an acronym in which one or more letters stand for acronyms (or abbreviations) themselves. The word "macronym" is a portmanteau of " macro- " and "acronym". Some examples of macronyms are:
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acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc , pronounced cee dee