ab initio

[ ahb i-nit-ee-oh; English ab i-nish-ee-oh ]

/ ɑb ɪˈnɪt iˌoʊ; English æb ɪˈnɪʃ iˌoʊ /

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adverb Latin.

from the beginning.

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Words nearby ab initio

Abilene, ability, Abimelech, Abingdon, Abington, ab initio, Abinoam, ab intra, abiogenesis, abiogenic, abiological

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How to use ab initio in a sentence

“Ab Welsh, who was a forward with the Saskatoon Quakers was the first one,” Howe said.
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Manning the flight was Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the 50-year-old pilot, and his 27-year-old first mate Officer Fariq Ab Hamid.
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On 27 July 2013, AB Neubauer reported that she was sexually assaulted the previous evening.
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An AB is a muscle found on magazine covers, an AD in the mag says Virginia's For Lovers.
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The ABT has a saying on the inside, “If you ever disrespect the AB, we will make sure you leave in a body bag.”
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Aunty Rosa sat him upon a table and told him that A B meant ab.
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Seqvitvr iam ex initio propositis tertium, nimirum vt exponatur, quonam tand loco rem Christianam his in locis offenderimus.
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Ab eo igitur tpore Patres nostros perhumaniter habuit, atque honorific in omnibus, mensque benign accepit.
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I do not think that Lancelot was ab origine the hero of a variant of this popular and widely-spread folk-tale.
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Et idem Johannes nullam partem artium prædictarum ab apprenticio suo concelabit.
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British Dictionary definitions for ab initio

ab initio

/ Latin (æb ɪˈnɪʃɪˌəʊ) /

from the start; from scratchab initio courses

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