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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin
  • Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word

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Noun:

  • In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit
  • The first letter of a word or a name.
  • calligraphy A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.

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Verb:

  • transitive To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

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