initial

initial
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noun (usually initials)
VERB + INITIAL
▪ have
▪

The two authors have the same initials.

▪ be known by, become known by
▪

She's always been known by her initials.

▪ use
▪ bear, carry (esp. BrE)
▪

A stone bears the initials ‘R.P.’, which stand for ‘Ralph Piggot’.

▪ carve, embroider, engrave (sth with), mark sth with, put, sign, write
▪

He carved his initials in the rock.

▪

Now that she was chief executive officer, she could put the initials CEO after her name.

INITIAL + VERB
▪ stand for sth
PREPOSITION
▪ initial for
▪

SC are the initials for Santa Catarina.

{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
adj.
Initial is used with these nouns: ↑aim, ↑appearance, ↑appointment, ↑approval, ↑assault, ↑assessment, ↑burst, ↑cause, ↑conception, ↑confusion, ↑consultation, ↑cost, ↑deployment, ↑diagnosis, ↑disappointment, ↑discussion, ↑draft, ↑encounter, ↑enquiry, ↑enthusiasm, ↑estimate, ↑euphoria, ↑evaluation, ↑examination, ↑excitement, ↑expectation, ↑failure, ↑finding, ↑flurry, ↑funding, ↑guess, ↑hesitation, ↑hiccup, ↑impact, ↑impetus, ↑impression, ↑impulse, ↑indication, ↑instalment, ↑instinct, ↑investment, ↑letter, ↑manifestation, ↑meeting, ↑momentum, ↑move, ↑nervousness, ↑observation, ↑offer, ↑onslaught, ↑optimism, ↑outlay, ↑payment, ↑period, ↑phase, ↑planning, ↑preparation, ↑projection, ↑promise, ↑proposal, ↑reaction, ↑recommendation, ↑reconnaissance, ↑reduction, ↑refusal, ↑reluctance, ↑rent, ↑report, ↑request, ↑reservation, ↑resistance, ↑response, ↑result, ↑rise, ↑scepticism, ↑selection, ↑setback, ↑shock, ↑shyness, ↑sketch, ↑spurt, ↑stage, ↑step, ↑stimulus, ↑study, ↑success, ↑surge, ↑surprise, ↑suspicion, ↑target, ↑test, ↑thought, ↑training, ↑velocity, ↑version, ↑visit, ↑warning

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