nnoun.communicationthe first letter of a word (especially a person's name)Examples:- he refused to put the initials FRS after his name
Derivationally Related Form:initial
Hypernyms:alphabetic character letter letter of the alphabet
Inherited Hypernyms:initiallettercharacterwritten symbolsymbolsignalcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.communicationmark with one's initialsDerivationally Related Form:initial
Hypernyms:sign
Inherited Hypernyms:initialsigncontractpromisedeclarestateexpress
Entailment:O.K. approve okay sanction
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alloccurring at the beginningExamples:- took the initial step toward reconciliation
Antonyms:last
Inherited Hypernyms:initial
Similar to:first