initial

initial has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
• a.. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
• n.. The first letter of a word or a name.
• v. t.. To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
• n.. the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
• v.. mark with one's initials
• a.. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"