initiationi‧ni‧ti‧a‧tion /ɪˌnɪʃiˈeɪʃən/ AWL noun [countable, uncountable] 
The club has an initiation ceremony for new members.initiation rite/ritual initiation rituals for young boys at pubertyinitiation into rites of initiation into their religion2the act of starting something such as an official process, a new plan etcinitiation of the initiation of criminal proceedings
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- the group's secret initiation rite
WORD SETS
academician, nounacademy, nounAMA, Asian Development Bank, nounAssociates, nounAssociation for Payment Clearing Services, nounAudit Bureau of Circulation, nounbadge, nounBaltic Exchange, nounBBA, nounblackball, verbBlue Shield, nounbook club, nounBoy Scout, nounbranch, nounbureau, nounCBOT, chairperson, nounchamber of commerce, nounchamber of trade, nounCISCO, nounCompanies House, nounco-operative society, coopt, verbcorp., corporate, adjectivecouncil, nouncub, nounCub Scout, noundepartment, noundiscount brokerage, dropout, nounEasdaq, nounechelon, nounemergency services, nounEuro.NM, nounexecutive, nounex-officio, adjectivefabricator, nounfederation, nounFinancial Accounting Standards Board, nounfire brigade, nounfire department, nounformation, nounfoundation, nounfrat, nounfraternity, nounFreemason, nounFreemasonry, nounfriendly society, nounfund, nounfunder, noungeneral headquarters, nounGinnie Mae, nounGirl Scout, nounguild, nounhealth care, nounhealth service, nounhierarchy, nounhousing association, nounICAO, IMF, the, induct, verbinduction, nouninfighting, nouninitiate, verbinitiate, nouninitiation, nouninside, adverbinsider, nouninstitute, nounInstitute of London Underwriters, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nounkibbutz, nounKKK, Ku Klux Klan, the, land office, nounLondon Clearing House, nounmarriage bureau, nounMasonic, adjectiveMMC, MNC, MNE, newsletter, nounNSPCC, order, nounpaternalism, nounpatriarchal, adjectivepenetrate, verbpowerhouse, nounpresident, nounpressure group, nounpublic enterprise, quorum, nounrating agency, realign, verbrecognize, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounregistry, nounreshuffle, nounresidents' association, nounreunion, nounRotary Club, the, Savings and Loan Association, nounsecede, verbsecretary, nounsecurities house, service club, nounShip, nounSoc., society, nounSRO, subscriber, nounsubscription, nountask force, nounthink tank, nountreasurer, nountrustee, nounUNICEF, unorganized, adjectivevertical, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The club has an initiation ceremony for new members. initiation rituals for young boys at pubertyCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The club has an initiation ceremony for new members. initiation rituals for young boys at puberty (=in which someone officially becomes an adult, a member of a group etc)· tribal initiation ceremonies
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· They had doused a colleague's trousers with paint thinners, a regular initiation ceremony in their Skelmersdale factory.· At boys' initiation ceremonies, a Mukula log is put near the place where they are circumcised.· Some initiation ceremony perhaps or unspoken betrothal?· It was a way of imposing some sort of initiation ceremony on himself.
· This will be a new experience for Mr Major, the last and hardest of his political initiation rites.· Spirit baptism was not just an initiation rite, it was a mystical encounter.· His appearance is essential to the tribes' fertility, and he is petitioned in initiation rites for young boys at puberty.· Hence, the recourse to alcohol or other drugs, which is commonly featured in initiation rites around the world.· Your initiation rites do not conceal your destitution.· Lois was tempted to ask the young man if he thought she had undergone an initiation rite.
· What of our own, where initiation ritual does not exist?· Yet as serious as this initiation ritual is, it is also fun.
· We hypothesized therefore that the N-Oct 5 complex is generated by alternative translation initiation.· We consider it most likely, that alternative translation initiation is the mechanism for generation of the N-Oct 5 proteins.
WORD FAMILYnouninitiationverbinitiate
1the process of officially introducing someone into a club or group, or of introducing a young person to adult life, often with a special ceremony: The club has an initiation ceremony for new members.initiation rite/ritual initiation rituals for young boys at pubertyinitiation into rites of initiation into their religion2the act of starting something such as an official process, a new plan etcinitiation of the initiation of criminal proceedings