A beginning; a first move. / A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem. / The ability to act first or on one's own.

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. / In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initial

An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram

plural of initialism

plural of initial

plural of initiative

plural of initiate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initiate

The act of adding one's initials to a document rather than signing