Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The first letters of a person's first and last name, and sometimes also the first letters of the middle name or names.
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- noun Plural form of
initial . - noun plurale tantum An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name. See
monogram
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Examples
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First, let's pass NULL for the initials to see if they are properly corrected: mysql > set @initials: = null;
Planet MySQL 2009
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Likewise, MBA students whose first or last name began with a C or a D tended to end up with lower grade-point averages, and law students with A or B in their initials tended to end up at better-ranked programs than those whose initials included a C or a D. Students with initials from the very beginning of the alphabet did not, however, earn higher grades than those with grade-irrelevant initials.
Primary Sources 2008
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Likewise, MBA students whose first or last name began with a C or a D tended to end up with lower grade-point averages, and law students with A or B in their initials tended to end up at better-ranked programs than those whose initials included a C or a D. Students with initials from the very beginning of the alphabet did not, however, earn higher grades than those with grade-irrelevant initials.
Primary Sources 2008
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Well, this explains why my crabon frame is from Ecialized, which I thought meant something in Italian initials, like Wilier.
Can I Have Your Autograph? What You're Really Paying For BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I know someone who is known as Piggy, for his name initials P.G., guess how P.G. Wodehouse would have reacted to this, by the way he was called Plum by friends.
Archive 2007-08-01 bhags 2007
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I know someone who is known as Piggy, for his name initials P.G., guess how P.G. Wodehouse would have reacted to this, by the way he was called Plum by friends.
The Name Game bhags 2007
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SS (somehow I think your name and its initials is no accident). â€
Think Progress » “Left-Wing Radical”: Hannity Kicks Off Next Wilson Smear Campaign 2005
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SS (somehow I think your name and its initials is no accident).
Think Progress » “Left-Wing Radical”: Hannity Kicks Off Next Wilson Smear Campaign 2005
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SS (somehow I think your name and its initials is no accident).
Think Progress » “Left-Wing Radical”: Hannity Kicks Off Next Wilson Smear Campaign 2005
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What is the meaning of this new riddle of the technological age, carved in initials?
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