"CNN" meaning in English

See CNN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsiːɛnɛn/
Head templates: {{en-prop}} 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: 43 18 18 17 4 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, US politics
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-name-H2LAb85o Disambiguation of US politics: 9 33 25 22 11 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
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-name-ueJP4mPq 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
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-name-FmFObJrG Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: CNN effect, CNNer, CNNesque

Noun

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): Machine learning, Organizations Derived forms: DCNN
    Sense id: en-CNN-en-noun-dmpqyvRf Disambiguation of Organizations: 8 8 8 7 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 12 11 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 14 13 12 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 13 11 11 59

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