initial
verb/ɪˈnɪʃl/
/ɪˈnɪʃl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they initial | /ɪˈnɪʃl/ /ɪˈnɪʃl/ |
| he / she / it initials | /ɪˈnɪʃlz/ /ɪˈnɪʃlz/ |
| past simple initialled | /ɪˈnɪʃld/ /ɪˈnɪʃld/ |
| past participle initialled | /ɪˈnɪʃld/ /ɪˈnɪʃld/ |
| (US English) past simple initialed | /ɪˈnɪʃld/ /ɪˈnɪʃld/ |
| (US English) past participle initialed | /ɪˈnɪʃld/ /ɪˈnɪʃld/ |
| -ing form initialling | /ɪˈnɪʃlɪŋ/ /ɪˈnɪʃlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form initialing | /ɪˈnɪʃlɪŋ/ /ɪˈnɪʃlɪŋ/ |
- initial something to mark or sign something with your initials
- Please initial each page and sign in the space provided.
- The agreement was finally initialled on May 8.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin initialis, from initium ‘beginning’, from inire ‘go in’, from in- ‘into’ + ire ‘go’.Definitions on the go
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