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initiate Verb

— 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. — 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. — 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.

initiate Noun

— A new member of a group. — A person who has been through an initiation.

initiate

— verb (= start) bring into being He initiated a new program Start a foundation — verb (= pioneer) take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants — verb accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite African men are initiated when they reach puberty — noun people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity it is very familiar to the initiate — noun someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field — verb (= lead up) set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II — verb (= broach) bring up a topic for discussion — noun (= novice) someone new to a field or activity

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initiate English » English

start begin originate launch novice commence institute inaugurate introduce beginner undertake pioneer open induct found embark tyro tiro set up establish enter upon enlightened trigger touch off teach stem savant rookie pundit propose proposal learned person lead up lead off import ignite get going create cause broach versed usher uncover take up take the initiative take the first step suggestion suggest strike up stir up

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Person Life Stage of life

Initiation

  • What words refer to initiating a child into adulthood?
    initiate (v)
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    initiate (n)
States Time Aspectual time

Start something
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Beginning
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Tense and aspect

Aspect--dynamic verbs

Conjugation initiate conjugation

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initiate · verb

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Before proceeding to the mysteries only for the initiate...it is necessary for the minds and souls of us all...to become purged and to be made clean.
Initiate Security Command code 129!
Initiate the attack at 3,000.
Tania. I want you to. initiate Mr Harcourt into our society.
Tonight, after the masque. I will initiate you into understanding.
Transom, initiate pre-flight diagnostics.
Thunderbird 3 is about to initiate separation.
Initiate landing, Fermat.
Do not think that it is I who initiate this destruction nor the scientists who have accepted my plan.
If 007 says he saw Derval last night at Shrublands and he was dead that's enough for me to initiate inquiries.
By strict interpretation of our starship regulations, I'm required to initiate an investigation of this, so that a proper report.
Initiate final check.
Initiate sterile field.
Before proceeding to the mysteries, which are only for the initiate. it is of course necessary for the minds and souls of us all. to become purged and to be made clean.
But I never initiate a project until I'm assured of that cooperation.
I'm going to initiate that new net dress.
To me, it's an important question. Of course I will not initiate it.
I intend to initiate a sex-education course in the school.
But initiate no action until you get the word from me.
If 007 says he saw Derval last night at Shrublands and he was dead, that's enough for me to initiate inquiries.
Initiate warp 6. - Affirmative, sir.
Maybe now the queen will initiate us.
Alpha Control, initiate an immediate course change.
To achieve this Eloim kidnapped innocent maidens to initiate them in his strange and bloodthirsty rites.
Initiate warp 6.
But trying to initiate a brawl with over 500 crew men and colonists is hardly logical.
I've created a condition in which Gill cannot initiate speech or any other action, but he can reply to questions.
Initiate.
I'm about to initiate Link-up.
Well, I shall initiate a top-level investigation immediately, Brigadier.
I have to. initiate her into our circle.
Initiate recall one.
Initiate recall two.
You'll be presenting the new initiate.
So you're our new initiate.

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The legal system, schools, and the media could bring change, but no official entity takes the problem seriously enough to initiate effective action.
Simply put, one thermal kick was enough to initiate an internal dynamic that will now continue under its own momentum, regardless of any action that humans might take to prevent it.
Indeed, Abdullah, who believes himself to be the paramount leader of the Muslim world, is the first Saudi king to initiate a meeting with a leader of the Christian faith.
The Panel should view Liberia's ongoing efforts to secure peace, maintain stability, and initiate economic and social transformation as a blueprint for successful post-conflict transition.
Qadri addressed the marchers repeatedly; liberally mixing political metaphors, he called himself a latter-day Mao Zedong on a journey to launch a system-cleansing jihad and initiate a Pakistani version of the Arab Spring.
Ordinary Chinese generally support the anti-corruption drive; it is they who usually initiate protests and point fingers at dishonest officials.
The revision establishes the future direction of Japan's military posture by delegating greater authority to the commanders of the Self-Defense Forces to initiate defensive actions against immediate threats.
A moment of seeming political disunity, such as exists today, may not seem the right one to initiate such a project.
The EU's trade regulators argue that they have the right--and the obligation--to initiate antidumping investigations if they suspect that a state, say, regulates prices for energy carriers in a way that subsidizes domestic firms.
It is a painful procedure carried out in unsafe ways by old women who are seeking to initiate girls into womanhood, and, more concretely, into a life that will be an unending chain of physical pain and social marginalization.
At the same time, however, it is the assessment of the Commission that Turkey is still not yet ready to initiate accession negotiations.
Even Putin's predictable presidential rhetoric reveals a desire to initiate a real fight against terrorism.
Such reforms are never easy to initiate and are usually difficult to complete.
Sometimes, even powerful sovereign states use global commitments to help them lock in sensible policies that might otherwise be difficult to initiate and sustain.
With little authority to initiate legislation, the Parliament, too, will have no choice but to pivot toward oversight.
Hiftar recognizes the problem with this approach - indeed, it spurred him to initiate the coup; but his proposed solution is equally flawed.
States have the greatest capabilities, but non-state actors are more likely to initiate a catastrophic attack.
The objective should be to initiate a productive dialogue - and, ultimately, achieve consensus - among relevant actors.
Given how hard it is for governments to initiate a shift to a new policymaking mode (that is, to disrupt themselves), pressure will build from the outside.
The dual challenges are to sustain this progress in countries where it has started, and to initiate it in others.
To facilitate implementation, the EU and its member states could initiate a campaign to educate the public about the benefits of a more supple and responsive immigration system.
Indeed, the Constitutional Council made its assessments a priori, one month after adoption of the law, and only four officials could initiate a review: the president, the prime minister, and the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate.
After 1997, Hong Kong's government made doubly sure that legislators' already limited powers to initiate debates, legislation, and amendments to laws were further restricted.

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