initial
adjective
/ɪˈnɪʃəl/
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- Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
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alkuperäinen,
alku-,
alustava,
ensimmäinen,
esi-,
varhainen
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initial
noun
/ɪˈnɪʃəl/
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- The first letter of a word or a name.
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alkukirjain
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- (typesetting, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
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alkukirjain,
anfangi
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- In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
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alkukirjain,
nimikirjaimet
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- (phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
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aloke
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initial
verb
/ɪˈnɪʃəl/
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- (transitive) To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
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parafoida,
vahvistaa nimikirjaimilla
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initiate
verb
/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
,
/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/
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/ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.eɪt/
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/ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.ət/
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- (transitive) To begin; to start.
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aloittaa,
käynnistää,
panna alulle
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- (transitive) To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
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johdattaa,
opastaa
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- (transitive) To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
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vihkiä
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initiative
noun
/ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
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- A beginning; a first move.
- A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
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aloite
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- The ability to act first or on one's own.
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aloitekyky,
aloitteellisuus,
oma-aloitteisuus
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- (politics) An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
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aloite,
ehdotus,
esitys
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initiate
noun
/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
,
/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/
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/ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.eɪt/
,
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.ət/
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- One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
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tulokas
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- A new member of an organization.
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tulokas,
uusi jäsen
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initialize
verb
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- (computing) To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use.
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alustaa
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- (computing) To assign an initial value to a variable.
- (somewhat, dated) To reduce (a phrase) to an initialism, or a word to its initial.
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alustaa,
asettaa alkuarvo
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- (computing) To format a storage medium prior to use.
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alustaa,
formatoida
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- To assign initial values to something.
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asettaa alkuarvo
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initiator
noun
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aloittaja,
alullepanija,
käynnistäjä
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- (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.
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initiaattori,
käynnistäjä
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- (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
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käynnistäjä
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- (military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to trigger a fission chain reaction.
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laukaisin
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initialing
noun
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- The act of adding one's initials to a document rather than signing
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parafointi
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