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1 Verb
1.1 Synonyms
1.2 Related words
2 Noun
2.1 Related words
Verb
Plain form | Third-person singular | Past tense | Past participle | Present participle |
- (transitive) If you initiate something, you begin it, but other people join in or continue it.
- The U.S. military initiated a criminal investigation into the killings in March 2006.
- It is important for teachers to think about children's feelings before initiating classroom discussions of certain topics.
- In 1978, Deng Xiaoping initiated free-market reforms in China.
- Never give out personal information over the phone unless you initiated the contact.
- (transitive) If you initiate someone into something, you give them their first experience with it.
- Many of the teens had been initiated into using drugs through their friends.
- (transitive) If you initiate someone into a club or group, you bring them into the group, often with some ceremony.
- Last year, more than 150,000 adults were initiated into the Catholic Church in the United States.
Synonyms
- open
- start
- begin
- coach
- train
- teach
- admit
- introduce
Related words
- initiation
- initiative
- initiator
- uninitiated
Noun
Singular | Plural |
- A new member of a group.
- A person who has been through an initiation.
Related words
- student
- freshman
- recruit
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- Regular verbs
- Transitive verbs
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