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initialing

initialing is the present participle and gerund of initial.

Meaning of initial

Verb

initial (third-person singular simple present initials, present participle (US) initialing or (UK) initialling, simple past and past participle (US) initialed or (UK) initialled)

  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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Noun

initialing (plural initialings)

  1. The act of adding one's initials to a document rather than signing

Forms of initialing

Verb
alternative forminitialling
Noun
pluralinitialings

Questions about initialing

What does initialing mean?
Initialing means the act of adding one's initials to a document rather than signing.
What is initialing the present participle and gerund of?
Initialing is the present participle and gerund of initial.
What part of speech is initialing?
Initialing is a noun.
What is the plural of initialing?
The plural of initialing is initialings.

Words near initialing in the dictionary

  1. initial-value problems
  2. initialed
  3. initialer
  4. initialers
  5. initialese
  6. initialing
  7. initialings
  8. initialisation
  9. initialisations
  10. initialise
  11. initialised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: initialing (page history and authors); initial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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