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initiate
Found in thesaurus: unskilled person, scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student, people, make, create, cause, do, let in, include, admit, talk over, hash out, discuss, initiate, start, originate
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initiate
v.
set going, launch, begin, commence; instruct someone in the basic elements of a subject or skill, teach, familiarize; admit into membership by special ceremony
n.
one who has been newly admitted into a group or secret society; one who possesses some special or secret knowledge
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Initiate
Initiate is an English noun referring to a person who is being or has been initiated into an organization, tradition, or lore. It is not to be confused with the homonymic verb initiate, "to start." Initiate may refer to:
- The Initiate, a series of three occult books by Cyril Scott
- The Initiate, a short story set in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth collected in
- The Initiate, a novel in The Time Master Trilogy by Louise Cooper, 1985
- The Initiate, a drama by Alexandra Wood, 2014
- Initiate (Nels Cline Singers album), 2010
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initiate
Noun
1. someone new to a field or activity
(synonym) novice, beginner, tyro, tiro
(hypernym) unskilled person
(hyponym) abecedarian
(derivation) induct
2. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
(synonym) learned person, pundit, savant
(hypernym) scholar, scholarly person, student
(hyponym) polymath
(derivation) induct
3. people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
(synonym) enlightened
(antonym) uninitiate
(hypernym) people
(derivation) induct
Verb
1. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
(synonym) originate, start
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) lead up
(derivation) trigger, induction, initiation
2. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
(synonym) pioneer
(hypernym) cause, do, make
(hyponym) strike up
(derivation) initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
3. accept young people into society, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
(synonym) induct
(hypernym) admit, let in, include
(derivation) novice, beginner, tyro, tiro
4. bring up a topic for discussion
(synonym) broach
(hypernym) hash out, discuss, talk over
(hyponym) cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
5. prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War Two"
(synonym) lead up
(hypernym) originate, start
(derivation) trigger, induction, initiation
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initiate
n.
zahájit; zasvětit koho (do čeho); uvést/přijmout koho
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initiate
Czas.
zapoczątkowywać; inicjować; wprowadzać kogoś (do czegoś); dokonywać czyjejś inicjacji (w coś)
