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initial
adjective
happening
at
or
existing
from
the
beginning
;
first
in
a
series
•
Her
initial
reaction
was
to
laugh
,
but
then
she
grew
serious
.
Her
initial
reaction
was
to
laugh
,
but
then
she
grew
serious
.
•
The
initial
meeting
laid
out
the
basic
goals
of
the
project
.
The
initial
meeting
laid
out
the
basic
goals
of
the
project
.
From
Latin
initiālis
“
beginning
,”
from
initium
“
start
.”
noun
the
first
letter
of
a
person
’
s
name
or
of
a
word
,
used
especially
to
represent
the
name
•
He
carved
his
initial
into
the
wooden
desk
.
He
carved
his
initial
into
the
wooden
desk
.
•
Please
write
your
middle
initial
on
the
form
.
Please
write
your
middle
initial
on
the
form
.
Sense
developed
from
using
the
first
letter
as
an
abbreviation
in
medieval
manuscripts
.
verb
-
initial
,
initialing
,
initials
,
initialed
,
initialled
to
sign
a
document
by
writing
your
initials
as
a
quick
form
of
approval
•
Please
initial
each
page
before
you
submit
the
contract
.
Please
initial
each
page
before
you
submit
the
contract
.
•
The
nurse
asked
me
to
initial
the
consent
form
.
The
nurse
asked
me
to
initial
the
consent
form
.
Verb
use
attested
from
the
19th
century
,
from
the
noun
sense
of
“
initial
.”
initially
adverb
at
the
beginning
;
at
first
,
before
later
changes
or
developments
•
Initially
,
the
puppy
was
shy
,
but
soon
it
started
playing
with
everyone
.
Initially
,
the
puppy
was
shy
,
but
soon
it
started
playing
with
everyone
.
•
The
new
software
seemed
complicated
initially
,
yet
the
engineers
quickly
mastered
it
.
The
new
software
seemed
complicated
initially
,
yet
the
engineers
quickly
mastered
it
.
From
Latin
initium
meaning
“
a
beginning
”,
plus
the
adverbial
suffix
‑ly
,
entering
English
in
the
17th
century
to
describe
the
earliest
stage
of
an
event
or
process
.
