Initialed vs Initialled - What's the difference?
Initialed is an alternative form of initialled. As verbs the difference between initialed and initialled is that initialed is (initial) while initialled is (british) (initial).
initialed
English
initial
Adjective
(–)
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
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, chapter=19 citation
, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman’s helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial , a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
Synonyms
* incipient
* opening
Derived terms
* initially
* initialness
Noun
(en noun )
The first letter of a word or a name.
In plural, the first letter of each word of a person’s full name considered as a unit
- You can get your initials printed at the top.
(typesetting, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
(phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
Synonyms
* drop cap, versal
Derived terms
* initialism
* initial teaching alphabet
Verb
To sign one’s initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
- Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.
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initialled
English
Verb
(head)
(British) (initial)
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