Initial

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first.
  • adjective. Designating the first letter or letters of a word.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The first letter of a proper name.
  • noun. The first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
  • noun. The first letter of a word.
  • noun. A large, often highly decorated letter set at the beginning of a chapter, verse, or paragraph.
  • transitive verb. To mark or sign with initials, especially for purposes of authorization or approval.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put one's initial or initials to or on; sign or mark with initials: as, an initialed handkerchief; initialed paper.
  • Of or pertaining to the beginning; incipient: as, the initial step in a proceeding.
  • Placed at the beginning; standing at the head: as, the initial letter of a word, or of a chapter in a book.
  • noun. The initial or first letter of a word; an initial letter.
  • noun. The first letter of a book or writing, or of any division of it, distinguished from the body of the text by larger size or more ornamental character, or both.
  • noun. In plain-song, a tone with which a melody may begin. In strict usage the initials for each mode are prescribed, and called absolute initials.
  • noun. In steam-engines, an abbreviation of initial pressure (which see).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The first letter of a word or a name.
  • transitive verb. To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing.
  • adjective. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin
  • adjective. Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word
  • noun. The first letter of a word or a name.
  • noun. In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit
  • noun. A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
  • noun. onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
  • verb. To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. occurring at the beginning
  • verb. mark with one's initials
  • noun. the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
  • Word Usage
    "Investigators say they met with Shawn over the weekend in what they term initial talks, adding, the tough questions and complete debrief are still down the road."
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