1. Occurring at the beginning
   "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

1. The first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
   "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"

1. Mark with one's initials

Derived forms: initialling, initials, initialled, initialed, initialing

See also: first, initially

Type of: alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, sign

Encyclopedia: Initial

• net profit
• net sales
• net ton
• netball
• nether
• nether region
• Netherlander
• Netherlands
• Netherlands Antilles
• Netherlands Guiana
• nethermost
• netherworld
• netiquette
• netizen
• netkeeper
• netlike
• netmail
• netminder
• Netscape
• netsuke
• nett
• netted
• netted melon
• netting
• nettle