initial
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ˌÉĒ
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ni
ˈnÉĒ
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tial
ʃəl
shēl
/ÉĒnˈÉĒʃə‌l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "initial"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ

related to the beginning of a series or process
initial definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The initial reaction to the news was one of shock and disbelief.
āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

the first letter of a person's name, often used to represent their identity in a shorter form
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She always signs her paintings with her initials, M.R.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ, M.R. āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

the first letter of a word, often used to represent that word in an abbreviated form or part of a phrase
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The report frequently referred to " GDP, " using the initials for Gross Domestic Product.
āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ "āϜāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ" āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§‚āϞ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ⧀āĻŖ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to sign a document with the first letters of one's name as a way of giving approval or confirming its validity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She carefully initialed the amendments to confirm her approval.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ⧀āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

initialize
initially
initiate
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