initial

initial: ▪ I. initial i‧ni‧tial ¹ [ɪˈnɪʆl] adjective [only before a noun]

happening first or at the beginning of an event or process:

• Each portfolio has a minimum initial investment of $3,000.

• the initial capital required for the project (= the money needed to start it )

• Somatogen sold two million shares in its initial public offering (= when its shares were made available to the public for the first time ) .

[m0] ▪ II. initial initial ² verb initialled _PTandPPX initialling _PRESPARTX initialed _PTandPPX initialing _PRESPARTX [transitive]

1. to write your initials on an official document to show that you agree with it:

• I would be grateful if you could complete and initial clause two, and return the documents to us.

2. to make an official written agreement or arrangement with someone:

• Seoul and Beijing initialed a trade agreement in a move to expand economic exchanges between the two nations.

[m0] ▪ III. initial initial ³ noun [countable usually plural]

1. the first letter of someone's first name:

• I need a list of names, with initials.

2. initials [plural] the first letters of the words in the name of a company or organization, or the first letters of all someone's names:

• Yves Saint Laurent's famous initials, YSL

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initial UK US /ɪˈnɪʃ^əl/ adjective [before noun]

► happening at the beginning: initial estimate/forecast »Economists had expected GDP growth to be revised upwards from last month's initial estimate of 0.6%.
initial charge/cost/fee »The fund has an initial charge of 5.25%.
» Investors may not get back the full value of their initial investment.

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initial UK US /ɪˈnɪʃ^əl/ verb [T] (initialling or US usually initialing, initialled or US usually initialed)

► to write the first letters of each of your names on an official document to show that you have read it and agree with it: »Initial and date each page of the contract.

► to discuss and agree to an arrangement with another organization, country, etc.: »The two nations used the summit to initial a deal on energy cooperation.

Ⅲ.

initial UK US /ɪˈnɪʃ^əl/ noun

● initials — Cf. initials

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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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