INITIAL
\ɪnˈɪʃə͡l], \ɪnˈɪʃəl], \ɪ_n_ˈɪ_ʃ_əl]\
Definitions of INITIAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
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occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"
By Princeton University
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the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
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occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
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Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
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The first letter of a word or a name.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
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Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
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The first letter of a word or a name.
By Noah Webster.
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Placed at the beginning; beginning.
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A letter placed at the beginning of a word, etc.
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To mark with an initial.
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Initially.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Commencing: placed at the beginning.
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The letter a word, esp. a name.
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To put the initials of one's name to.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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