initial
IPA: ɪnˈɪʃʌɫ
noun
- The first letter of a word or a name.
- In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
- (typography, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
- (phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
verb
- (transitive) To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
adjective
- Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
- Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
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Examples of "initial" in Sentences
- The first is the initial disagreement.
- First flush is the initial surface runoff of a rainstorm.
- The initial idea was first sketched out on the back of a napkin.
- The first aftershock after the initial earthquake was of similar magnitude.
- Gravano was initially noncommittal, wanting to confer first with Frank DeCicco.
- Incidentally the letter would actually be the first initial of the high school.
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