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Definition of Initial
1. Adjective. Occurring at the beginning. "Took the initial step toward reconciliation"
2. Verb. Mark with one's initials.
3. Noun. The first letter of a word (especially a person's name). "He refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
Definition of Initial
1. a. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
2. n. The first letter of a word or a name.
3. v. t. To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
Definition of Initial
1. Adjective. Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin ¹
2. Adjective. Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word ¹
3. Noun. The first letter of a word or a name. ¹
4. Noun. In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit ¹
5. Noun. (typesetting calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document. ¹
6. Noun. (phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Initial
1. to mark with the first letters of one's name [v -TIALED, -TIALING, -TIALS or -TIALLED, -TIALLING, -TIALS]
Medical Definition of Initial
1. Pertaining to the very first stage of any process. Origin: L. Initialis, from initium = beginning This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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