What does initiate mean?
Definitions for initiate
ɪˈnɪʃ iˌeɪt; -ɪt, -ˌeɪtini·ti·ate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word initiate.
Princeton's WordNet
novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiatenoun
someone new to a field or activity
initiate, learned person, pundit, savantnoun
someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
initiate, enlightenedverb
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
"it is very familiar to the initiate"
originate, initiate, startverb
bring into being
"He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
initiate, pioneerverb
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
"This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
initiate, inductverb
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
"African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
broach, initiateverb
bring up a topic for discussion
lead up, initiateverb
set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
"Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"
Wiktionary
initiatenoun
A new member of an organization.
initiatenoun
One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
initiateverb
To begin, to start, to introduce.
Etymology: From initiatus, perfect passive participle of initio, from initium, from ineo, from in + eo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Initiateadjective
Unpractised.
Etymology: initié, Fr. initiatus, Lat.
My strange and self-abuse
Is the initiate fear; that wants hard use:
We're yet but young. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.To Initiateverb
To enter; to instruct in the rudiments of an art; to place in a new state; to put into a new society.
Etymology: initier, French; initio, Lat.
Providence would only initiate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.
To initiate his pupil in any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governour is enough. John Locke, on Education.
He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty. Spectator, №. 576.
No sooner was a convert initiated, but, by an easy figure, he became a new man. Addison.
To Initiateverb
To do the first part; to perform the first rite.
The king himself initiates to the pow'r,
Scatters with quiv'ring hand the sacred flour,
And the stream sprinkles. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
Webster Dictionary
Initiateverb
to introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon
Initiateverb
to acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce
Initiateverb
to introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies
Initiateverb
to do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative
Initiateadjective
unpracticed; untried; new
Initiateadjective
begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted
Initiatenoun
one who is, or is to be, initiated
Etymology: [L. initiatus, p. p.]
Editors Contribution
initiateverb
To be defined as someone that is given a code name to be known by. 0.) expressing something in the length of time before a future event is to take place with technical information used to refer as a thing previously mentioned or easily defined in it's elemental state or function. 1.) cause a process or action to begin. 2.) admit someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual.
I am possessed to initiate what will happen tomorrow: yesterday.
Etymology: Ingrained
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on May 6, 2024
initiate
To create or start intuitively.
They did initiate change proactively.
Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'initiate' in Verbs Frequency: #715
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of initiate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of initiate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of initiate in a Sentence
Half the battle of a predator trying to initiate contact with a child is to break that barrier, the most obvious is the unnoticed and [children] forget about their name being on their backpack.
Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the republic to make republicans: the people in action to initiate progress. Let the insurrection announce with its awful voice the decrees of God: let it clear and level the ground on which its own immortal structure shall be raised. Let it, like the Nile, flood all the country that it is destined to make fertile.
I have instructed the minister of finance to initiate formal financial discussions with Kinder Morgan, the result of which will be to remove the uncertainty overhanging the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, construction will go ahead.
Inovio Chief Executive Joseph Kim:
We will next test the vaccine in non-human primates and initiate clinical product manufacturing. We plan to initiate Phase I human testing of our Zika vaccine before the end of 2016.
Top Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris:
My advice... is the prime minister should initiate a small office headed by the investment minister with some drivers who continue the dialogue with the investors who committed to the projects in this conference.
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Translations for initiate
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- عضو جديدArabic
- zasvěcenecCzech
- EingeweihteGerman
- alku, käynnistää, aloittaa, johdattaa, tulokas, opastaa, vihkiäFinnish
- commencer, initié, démarrer, initierFrench
- आरंभHindi
- novizio, iniziatoItalian
- 取り掛かる, 開始する, 始めるJapanese
- initiumLatin
- beginnen, initiëren, beginner, starten, ingewijde, aanvangenDutch
- initieraSwedish
- ініціюватиUkrainian
- شروع کریںUrdu
- 开始Chinese
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