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The correct spelling is initials.
How to pronounce initials
noun
Say it like: Ini-tia-ls
The correct spelling is initials. The first letter of a word or a name. For example: "You can get your initials printed at the top."
Usage Examples
“You can get your initials printed at the top.”
“You may leave out where you live and use either initials or an alias, since gods, buddhas and other divinities look only at our hearts.”
Definition
noun
- 1.The first letter of a word or a name.
- 2.In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
- 3.A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
- 4.Onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
- 5.An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram
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