{
    "term": "initial",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "happening at the beginning; first",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is an initial payment of £60 followed by ten instalments of £25."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government will make an initial investment of $ 4.7 billion in the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "in the **initial stages** *(= at the beginning)* of the campaign"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **initial phase/period**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an initial assessment/investigation/report"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My **initial reaction** was to decline the offer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her **initial response** was one of anger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After some initial hesitation, teachers seem to have accepted the new system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After the initial surprise I got to like the place."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By 1960 the initial optimism had evaporated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His initial surge of euphoria was quickly followed by dismay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Initial failure was followed by unexpected, if modest, success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is the initial preparation that takes the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My initial scepticism was replaced with respectful admiration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the initial shock had worn off, I got used to the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the initial outlay"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the initial planning"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈnɪʃl/",
                "audio": "in/initial/initial__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈnɪʃl/",
                "audio": "in/initial/initial__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from Latin initialis, from initium ‘beginning’, from inire ‘go in’, from in- ‘into’ + ire ‘go’."
}