Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: initials
IPA transcription: [,ɪn'ɪʃəlz]
Pronunciations of initials
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Usage examples
  • The cigar-case on the table beside him was embroidered by a woman's hand, the initials L. W. worked with gold thread in a raised monogram.
  • "As you say, there could be no mistake about the knife, because she had given it to him herself, and had had his initials engraved upon it at Plymouth.
  • If your own name on the face of the check, draft or note is misspelled, or has the wrong initials, but if the paper is clearly intended for you, you should first write your name as it appears on the face, and under it your regular signature.
  • "The letters W. V. B. are also branded very distinctly on his forehead," interrupted a second equerry, "I supposed them, of course, to be the initials of Wilhelm Von Berlifitzing--but all at the castle are positive in denying any knowledge of the horse."
  • He bestowed the same attention upon the cambric front of a shirt, which had considerably changed in color since his entrance into the prison, and he polished his varnished boots with the corner of a handkerchief embroidered with initials surmounted by a coronet.
  • "Which is the result of enjoying yourself," said Mrs. Durrant severely, surveying the dance programme all scored with the same initials, or rather they were different ones this time--R.B. instead of E.M.; Richard Bonamy it was now, the young man with the Wellington nose.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording D. B. Cooper, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, License CC BY-SA 4.0