Initial vs Park - What's the difference?
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Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
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, chapter=19 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.
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
(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.
To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
An area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.
# A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
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# A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation
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# An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
# (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.
An area used for serious organized purposes.
# (rfc-sense) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.
# A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
# An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.
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, title= # (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.
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(Australia, NZ) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
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* 2010 , Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception , Clan Destine Press, Australia,
* 2011 , Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income! , John Wiley & Sons Australia,
To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
(informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
To bring together in a park, or compact body.
To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
(baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.
(slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.
(transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
(finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
(Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See )
As an adjective initial
is chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.As a noun initial
is the first letter of a word or a name.As a verb initial
is to sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.As a proper noun park is
) the third most common korean surname.initial
English
(wikipedia initial)Adjective
(-)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.}}
Synonyms
* incipient * openingAntonyms
* finalDerived terms
* initially * initialnessNoun
(en noun)- You can get your initials printed at the top.
Synonyms
* drop cap, versalDerived terms
* initialism * initial teaching alphabetVerb
- Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.
See also
* middleExternal links
* * * ----park
English
Noun
(en noun)- While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park , very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
- I roamed the streets and parks , as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper…
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool, passage=But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break.}}
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- We got to the 9th Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro?s car right out the front.
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- Once they?d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn?t want to be delayed.
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- We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.
Antonyms
* (a piece of ground in or near a city) building, skyscraper, streetSynonyms
* (a piece of ground in or near a city) courtyard, garden, plazaDerived terms
* amusement park * ballpark * car park * national park * parkade * skatepark * theme park * tank parkReferences
* “Park” in James F. Dunnigan and Albert Nofi (1992), Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know , Harper, ISBN 978-0688112707, p 28. *Verb
(en verb)- You can park the car in front of the house.
- I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.
- Let's park that until next week's meeting.
- How are we parked , and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.
- He really parked that one.
- They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked .
- He came in and parked himself in our living room.
- Park your bags in the hall.
- We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.