initial

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noun (usually initials)

VERB + INITIAL

▪ have

▪ The two authors have the same initials.

▪ be known by, become known by

▪ She's always been known by her initials.

▪ use

▪ bear, carry (esp. BrE)

▪ A stone bears the initials ‘R.P.’, which stand for ‘Ralph Piggot’.

▪ carve, embroider, engrave (sth with), mark sth with, put, sign, write

▪ He carved his initials in the rock.

▪ Now that she was chief executive officer, she could put the initials CEO after her name.

INITIAL + VERB

▪ stand for sth

PREPOSITION

▪ initial for

▪ SC are the initials for Santa Catarina.
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adj.

Initial is used with these nouns: ↑aim, ↑appearance, ↑appointment, ↑approval, ↑assault, ↑assessment, ↑burst, ↑cause, ↑conception, ↑confusion, ↑consultation, ↑cost, ↑deployment, ↑diagnosis, ↑disappointment, ↑discussion, ↑draft, ↑encounter, ↑enquiry, ↑enthusiasm, ↑estimate, ↑euphoria, ↑evaluation, ↑examination, ↑excitement, ↑expectation, ↑failure, ↑finding, ↑flurry, ↑funding, ↑guess, ↑hesitation, ↑hiccup, ↑impact, ↑impetus, ↑impression, ↑impulse, ↑indication, ↑instalment, ↑instinct, ↑investment, ↑letter, ↑manifestation, ↑meeting, ↑momentum, ↑move, ↑nervousness, ↑observation, ↑offer, ↑onslaught, ↑optimism, ↑outlay, ↑payment, ↑period, ↑phase, ↑planning, ↑preparation, ↑projection, ↑promise, ↑proposal, ↑reaction, ↑recommendation, ↑reconnaissance, ↑reduction, ↑refusal, ↑reluctance, ↑rent, ↑report, ↑request, ↑reservation, ↑resistance, ↑response, ↑result, ↑rise, ↑scepticism, ↑selection, ↑setback, ↑shock, ↑shyness, ↑sketch, ↑spurt, ↑stage, ↑step, ↑stimulus, ↑study, ↑success, ↑surge, ↑surprise, ↑suspicion, ↑target, ↑test, ↑thought, ↑training, ↑velocity, ↑version, ↑visit, ↑warning

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Synonyms:

First, at the beginning, at the head / Incipient, commencing, beginning, in the first stages, First letter (of a name)

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Initial D — Лого франчайза Initial D 頭文字D (Инисяру Ди:) Жанр … Википедия
Initial D — Originaltitel 頭文字D Transkription Inisharu Dī … Deutsch Wikipedia
Initial D — 頭文字D (Inisharu Dī) Type Seinen Genre Course automobile, action, drame Manga Type Seinen Auteur … Wikipédia en Français
initial — initial, iale, iaux [ inisjal, jo ] adj. et n. f. • 1130, rare av. fin XVIIe; lat. initialis, de initium « commencement » 1 ♦ Qui est au commencement, qui caractérise le commencement (de qqch.). État initial. ⇒ originel, primitif. Cause initiale … Encyclopédie Universelle
iniţial — INIŢIÁL, Ă, iniţiali, e, adj., s.f. 1. adj. (Adesea adverbial) Care este la început, de la început; începător. 2. s.f. Litera cu care se începe un cuvânt. ♦ Abreviere a prenumelui (şi a numelui) unei persoane, formată din iniţiale (2). [pr.: ţi… … Dicționar Român
initial — I adjective basic, beginning, commencing, early, elementary, embryonic, first, fundamental, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, initiative, initiatory, introductory, leading, maiden, nascent, opening, original, prefatory, premier, primal,… … Law dictionary
initial — adj Initial, original, primordial can all mean existing at or constituting the beginning or start of a thing, espe cially of a thing that gradually assumes shape or form or that manifests itself in many ways. Nevertheless, in spite of this… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Initial — In*i tial, a. [L. initialis, from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in in + ire to go: cf. F. initial. See {Issue}, and cf. {Commence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to the beginning;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
initial — [i nish′əl] adj. [< Fr or L: Fr < L initialis < initium, a beginning < inire, to go into, enter upon, begin < in , into, in + ire, to go < IE base * ei > Goth iddja] having to do with, indicating, or occurring at the… … English World dictionary
Initial — In*i tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Initialed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Initialing}.] To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
initial — initial, von lateinisch initialis ‚anfänglich‘, ist ein Wortbildungselement, das den Beginn oder auch Auslöser eines Vorgangs bezeichnet. Als Substantiv bezeichnet Initiale einen schmückenden Anfangsbuchstaben, der im Werksatz als erster… … Deutsch Wikipedia

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