initials
/ɪˈnɪʃəlz/
initials is the plural of initial.
initials is the third-person singular simple present indicative of initial.
Meaning of initial
Noun
initial (plural initials)
- The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
- The point of interest about this particular specimen was that it must have remained intact for at least a quarter of a century, as it had embossed in the frosted glass the initials of the old Great North of Scotland Railway in the form of a scroll, the sort of relic of pre-grouping days that can...1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77
- A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
- onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
Noun
initials pl (plural only)
- An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram
- Write your initials at the top of the page.
Questions about initials
- What does initials mean?
- Initials means an abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram.
- What is initials the plural of?
- Initials is the plural of initial.
- What part of speech is initials?
- Initials is a noun.
- How do you pronounce initials?
- Initials is pronounced /ɪˈnɪʃəlz/.
Words near initials in the dictionary
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