initial
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2.5
- noun
- /ɪˈnɪʃəl/
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inicial
- Each number is followed by the initials of words that will make it correct.
- first initial
- middle initial
- initials of a name
And there was the name initial P and Hancock.
- And there was the name initial P and Hancock.
- All right, what do you got if your initials are FU?
- It's going to be tons of people with the initials AS Alan Shepard.
- The K the K is my middle initial in case obvious anyone was wondering.
- It has his brother's, brother's wife and their daughter's initials engraved on it.
- I don't know if that's like all of our initials or the day or I don't know.
- This is a little silver plate as well with the initials JL on it.
- It spells Royal Institution and my initials, we've got Isaacson.
- My profile was definitely initials of my friends.
Examples
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You should write your initials J.S. at the bottom of the form.
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Look for the artist's last name in the signature references, or their initials in the monogram references.
Academic text (2015) -
These are the initials of that place.
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We can put our initials in there.
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The initials are on the inside.
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In the woods outside, she carved our initials in the trees.
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All parties acknowledge with initials.
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I know someone with the same exact initials who does wear cufflinks.
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Students used colored markers and wrote responses on paper, signing their initials or a tag of their choice.
Academic text (2005) -
I blew my breath on the window and rubbed my initials in the steamy place.
Fiction book (1991)
Compounds
- Specialized
8
5.3
The first time a company sells shares to the public on the stock market
- Literature
Repeating the same consonant sound at the start of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Initial comes from the Latin word initium meaning 'beginning'. An initial is the letter at the very start of a word or name, so your 'initial' is literally the first letter that begins your name.