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单词 initiate
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initiateverb [ T ]

uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/

initiate verb [ T ] (START)

C2 formal to cause something to begin:

Who initiated the violence?

More examples

  • Hague initiated a series of reforms of the Conservative Party.
  • Some of the orders are initiated directly on the trading floor.
  • The council initiates its own studies and carries out research at the request of private organizations.
  • He is credited with initiating several new literary forms.
  • The Commission has power to initiate legislation.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Starting and beginning

  • be in the first flush of idiom
  • become
  • begin
  • branch out
  • break into sth
  • export
  • ground
  • incipient
  • initiator
  • instate
  • introduce
  • kick
  • kick-start
  • strike
  • swing into action idiom
  • touch sth off
  • train
  • trigger
  • wade in
  • weave

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initiate verb [ T ] (TEACH)

to teach someone about an area of knowledge, or to allow someone into a group by a special ceremony:

At the age of eleven, Harry was initiated into the art of golf by his father.
Each culture had a special ritual to initiate boys into manhood.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Ceremonies

  • cavalcade
  • ceremonial
  • ceremony
  • commemorate
  • commencement
  • hara-kiri
  • induction
  • investiture
  • knight
  • master of ceremonies
  • MC
  • nuptials
  • pageant
  • ritual
  • salute
  • solemnize
  • speech day
  • state occasion
  • the red carpet
  • troop

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Teaching in general

initiatenoun [ C ]

uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/formal

a person who has recently joined a group and has been taught its secrets

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Supporters, members & defenders

  • -arian
  • -ista
  • apologist
  • apparatchik
  • benefactor
  • cadre
  • camp follower
  • campaigner
  • cardholder
  • champion
  • chaperone
  • cohort
  • company man
  • contributor
  • evolutionist
  • new/fresh blood idiom
  • referee
  • renegade
  • respecter
  • stakeholder

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