"CNN" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈsiːɛnɛn/
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CNN
  1. Initialism of Cable News Network: an American television channel. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Cable News Network (extra: an American television channel) Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-name-XQdEnyR3 Disambiguation of Mass media: 30 14 15 13 28 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. (humorous, derogatory, US politics) Initialism of Clinton News Network. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, humorous, initialism Alternative form of: Clinton News Network Categories (topical): US politics, Mass media, US politics
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-name-H2LAb85o Disambiguation of Mass media: 30 14 15 13 28 Disambiguation of US politics: 9 36 27 24 4 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: government, politics
  3. (humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Communist News Network. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, humorous, initialism Alternative form of: Communist News Network Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-name-ueJP4mPq Disambiguation of Mass media: 30 14 15 13 28 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  4. (humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Criminal News Network. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, humorous, initialism Alternative form of: Criminal News Network Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-name-FmFObJrG Disambiguation of Mass media: 30 14 15 13 28 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: CNN effect, CNNer, CNNesque

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsiːɛnɛn/ Forms: CNNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CNN (plural CNNs)
  1. (machine learning) Initialism of convolutional neural network. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: convolutional neural network Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence, Mass media, Organizations Derived forms: DCNN
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-noun-dmpqyvRf Disambiguation of Mass media: 30 14 15 13 28 Disambiguation of Organizations: 10 10 10 9 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 12 11 53

Inflected forms

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