Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
(of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
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.
To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.