CNN

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːɛnɛn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

CNN

  1. Initialism of Cable News Network: an American television channel.
    • 2023 May 16, Priscilla Alvarez, “DHS directs review of personnel with access to classified material in wake of Pentagon leak”, in CNN‎:
      Asked by CNN what measures DHS was taking after the Pentagon leaks, Mayorkas said the department issued a reminder to employees and that he had directed a review.
  2. (humorous, derogatory, US politics) Initialism of Clinton News Network.
  3. (humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Communist News Network.
  4. (humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Criminal News Network.

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Noun

CNN (plural CNNs)

  1. (machine learning) Initialism of convolutional neural network.
    Coordinate terms: ANN, RNN

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English CNN.

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Proper noun

CNN f

  1. CNN (Cable News Network)
    • 2025 June 20, Randi Kaye and David von Blohn, “El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas”, in CNN en Español‎:
      Cuando CNN preguntó al DHS al respecto, la vicesecretaria Tricia McLaughlin respondió con un comunicado, diciendo en parte:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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