initial
adjective
[ ɪˈnɪʃ(ə)l ]
• existing or occurring at the beginning.
• "our initial impression was favourable"
Similar:
beginning,
opening,
commencing,
starting,
inceptive,
embryonic,
fledgling,
first,
early,
earliest,
prime,
primary,
preliminary,
elementary,
foundational,
preparatory,
rudimentary,
introductory,
inaugural,
incipient,
inchoate,
pilot,
test,
trial,
initial
noun
• the first letter of a name or word, typically a person's given name or a word forming part of a phrase.
• "they carved their initials into the tree trunk"
initial
verb
• mark or sign (a document) with one's initials in order to authorize or validate it.
• "the man initialled the three warrants"
Similar:
put one's initials on,
sign,
countersign,
autograph,
endorse,
put one's mark on,
inscribe,
superscribe,
witness,
underwrite,
Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin initialis, from initium ‘beginning’, from inire ‘go in’, from in- ‘into’ + ire ‘go’.
