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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First, let's pass NULL for the initials to see if they are properly corrected: mysql > set @initials: = null;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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