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How to pronounce “initial”
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Pronunciation guide for initial
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of initial with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Orange Code
be happy with that so um the initial
- Definition summary
- Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce initial
The Orange Code

be happy with that so um the initial
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “initial”
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.
- [Noun]
- The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
- (typography, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
- (phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
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