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initial
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.
"You can get your initials printed at the top."
A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
"Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom."
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
"Our initial admiration for their efficiency gave way to disgust about their methods."
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
"The initial letter of names is usually printed with a capital letter."
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