# initials

Pronunciation: US say "i-NISH-uhlz" /ɪˈnɪʃəlz/; UK

## Noun

1. A short form of a person's name made from the first letters of their first, last, and sometimes middle names.
   - Simple: The first letters of someone's first, middle, and last names, used as a short form of the name.
   - _The lawyer asked me to add my initials beside each correction._
   - _Monogrammed towels often display the owner's initials in elegant stitching._
2. Plural of initial. — plural of initial
   - Simple: Plural of initial. Use this form when talking about more than one starting letter.
   - _The illuminated initials in the medieval text were decorated with gold leaf._
   - _Printers once used ornate initials to mark the beginning of each chapter._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of initial. — third-person singular simple present indicative of initial
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of initial. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The manager initials each invoice once she has checked the figures._
   - _Whenever a correction is made, the supervisor initials the margin._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/initials (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).