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initial
Adjective
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(span style="color:green"usually before the noun/span) The initial period, stages, etc. come near the beginning.
They send most workers to the US after an initial training period of three months.
With these cars, the initial cost is high, but you save money in the long run.
My initial reaction when I saw the bear was to run and hide.
initial
Noun
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An initial is the first letter of a name.
He found a bag with the initials D.B.R.
His name is Daniel Jr., His initial is D.J.
initial
Verb
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If you initial something, you write the first letter of each of your names on it (or sometimes just your first and last name).
Can you initial this form here, please?
docking
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noun
the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
linkage
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noun
a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
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noun
the act of linking things together
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noun
(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
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noun
an associative relation