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initialling

initialling 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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Forms of initialling

alternative forminitialing

Questions about initialling

What is initialling the present participle and gerund of?
Initialling is the present participle and gerund of initial.

Words near initialling in the dictionary

  1. initializes
  2. initializing
  3. initialled
  4. initialler
  5. initiallers
  6. initialling
  7. initially
  8. initialness
  9. initials
  10. initiand
  11. initiands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: initialling (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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