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1. serving as an introduction or preface
2. preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"
3. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
4. first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"
5. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
6. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

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