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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)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.
The initial stages of a syndrome may differ vastly from the final symptoms.
- 2.
(not comparable)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.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
- 2.
(typography, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
- 3.
(phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.
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ine-pro 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).