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Definitions for Initiator
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. instigator, initiatornoun

    a person who initiates a course of action

Wiktionary

  1. initiatornoun

    One who initiates

  2. initiatornoun

    A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization

  3. initiatornoun

    A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs

  4. initiatornoun

    A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer

ChatGPT

  1. initiator

    An initiator is a person or thing that initiates, starts, or triggers an action, process, event, or sequence. This can refer to a chemical substance that starts a chain reaction, a person who proposes or begins a project or activity, or a device that activates a process. It basically refers to anything that causes or prompts the beginning of something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Initiatornoun

    one who initiates

  2. Etymology: [L.]

Wikidata

  1. Initiator

    An act that sets in motion some course of events; a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Initiator in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Initiator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Initiator in a Sentence

  1. Zhang Ming:

    The Chinese are peaceful people and I think the Europeans as well, but we must demonstrate to the trade war's initiator that its action is wrong.

  2. Machiavelli:

    It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones.

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