Definitions for initials

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initials in·i·tial

Spelling: [ih-nish-uh l]

IPA: /ɪˈnɪʃ əl/

Initials is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in initials (aiiilnst).

Definitions for initials

noun

1. an initial letter, as of a word.
2. the first letter of a proper name.
3. a letter of extra size or an ornamental character used at the beginning of a chapter or other division of a book, manuscript, or the like.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first:
2. Phonetics. occurring at the beginning of a word or syllable, as the (k) sound of kite, chasm, or quay.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark or sign with an initial or the initials of one's name, especially as a token of preliminary or informal approval.

Origin of initials

1520-30; Latin initiālis, equivalent to initi(um) beginning (init-, noun derivative of inīre to enter, begin; in- in-² + īre to go; cf.

Examples for initials

The other man who filed a suit on Nov. 27 has chosen to remain unidentified and filed his claim using only his initials.

I finish a decent game, type my initials, and decide to call it quits.

Another time he altered the program so that the high score table would refuse to display the initials of one of his colleagues.

On the Pont des Arts we buy a padlock engraved with our initials, T and E.

The woman is identified only by the initials J.W. in court papers from a subsequent federal civil-rights lawsuit.

At length, it was suggested that the letters were not initials, but the complete word, DIG.

The initials of those words are within here now, and were within here then.

On the end of the suitcase are the initials ‘C. M.’ and ‘Chicago.’

The initials to that letter are yours, and all the men I meet tell me that you have written it.

Two of these are signed with his initials, but the one here given has no signature.