initial

Meaning

1. Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
2. Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

first

1st

at the beginning

initial letter

first letter

first step

first year

participant code

preallable

shorthand name

at the outset

base period

initial stage

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈnɪʃəl/

From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”), from initium (“a going in, entrance, beginning”), from inire (“to go in, enter upon, begin”), from in (“in”) + ire (“to go”).

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