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initiate
[ verb ih-nish-ee-eyt; adjective noun ih-nish-ee-it, -eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to begin, set going, or originate:
to initiate major social reforms.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- to introduce into the knowledge of some art or subject.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to admit or accept with formal rites into an organization or group, secret knowledge, adult society, etc.
- Government. to propose (a measure) by initiative procedure:
to initiate a constitutional amendment.
adjective
- admitted into an organization or group, secret knowledge, etc.
- introduced to the knowledge of a subject.
- initiated; begun:
the recently initiate measures.
noun
- a person who has been initiated.
initiate
verb
- to begin or originate
- to accept (new members) into an organization such as a club, through often secret ceremonies
- to teach fundamentals to
she initiated him into the ballet
adjective
- initiated; begun
noun
- a person who has been initiated, esp recently
- a beginner; novice
Other yvlog Forms
- ··پ··ٴǰ noun
- ԴDz···پ·ٱ noun
- ···پ·ٱ verb (used with object) preinitiated preinitiating
- ···پ·ٱ noun
- ···پ·ٱ verb (used with object) reinitiated reinitiating
- ܲ···پ·ٱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of initiate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
And when Doncic, who struggled defensively for most of the night, closed out on a Curry three, officials called him for a foul when it seemed like Curry, not Doncic, initiated the contact.
“We initiated this call for complaints because we knew we had some folks come forward to tell our investigators that this was a problem.”
The deep-sea sabotage is most worrying because it can take a repair boat several weeks to find a break and initiate a fix.
Both spent the next half century developing ideas they initiated in these two early works, making them matter, as they still do.
Speaking at a press conference Thursday during a visit to Guyana, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the government had initiated a widespread review of student activists’ visas and revoked at least 300.
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