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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun initiate has 3 senses

• initiate(n = noun.person) beginner, novice, tiro, tyro - someone new to a field or activity; Array
is a kind of unskilled person
has particulars: abecedarian, apprentice, learner, prentice, cub, greenhorn, rookie, landlubber, landsman, lubber, entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter, tenderfoot, trainee
Derived form verb initiate₃

• initiate(n = noun.person) learned person, pundit, savant - someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; Array
has particulars: polymath
is a kind of bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student
Derived form verb initiate₃

• initiate(n = noun.group) enlightened - people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
is a kind of people
Derived form verb initiate₃
Antonym: uninitiate

Verb initiate has 5 senses

• initiate(v = verb.creation) originate, start - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
is one way to create, make
Derived forms noun initiation₄, noun initiation₂, adjective initiative₁, adjective initiatory₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• initiate(v = verb.creation) pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
is one way to cause, do, make
Derived forms noun initiation₂, noun initiator₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• initiate(v = verb.social) induct - accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
is one way to admit, include, let in
Derived forms noun initiate₃, noun initiate₂, noun initiate₁, noun initiation₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

• initiate(v = verb.communication) broach - bring up a topic for discussion; Array
is one way to discuss, hash out, talk over
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• initiate(v = verb.change) lead up - set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"
is one way to initiate, originate, start
Derived forms noun initiation₄, adjective initiative₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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THESAURUS

initiate

Greek, abecedarian, accept, accomplished, activate, actuate, admit, affiliate, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, associate, at concert pitch, begin, beginner, belonger, boot, break ground, break the ice, bring up, broach, brother, card-carrier, card-carrying member, cardholder, career, catechumen, charter member, christen, clubber, clubman, clubwoman, coach, coached, commence, committeeman, comrade, conventioneer, conventioner, conventionist, conversant, create, debutant, drill, dues-paying member, enlist, enlistee, enroll, enrollee, enter, enter on, enter upon, entrant, establish, fellow, finished, fledgling, float, found, fraternity man, freshman, get going, get off, get under way, give rise to, greenhorn, guildsman, head, head up, honorary member, ignoramus, inaugurate, induct, inductee, initiated, insider, install, instate, instigate, institute, instruct, introduce, invent, invest, joiner, kick off, launch, lead, lead off, lead the way, life member, lift up, member, neophyte, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, one of us, open, ordain, originate, pioneer, pledge, postulant, practiced, pre-educate, precede, prepared, primed, probationer, probationist, professional, raise, raw recruit, recruit, ring in, rookie, set agoing, set going, set in motion, set off, set on foot, set up, sign on, sign up, sister, skilled, socius, sorority girl, sorority woman, stand first, start, start going, start up, take in, take the initiative, take the lead, take the plunge, take up, teach, technical, tenderfoot, train, trained, trigger, turn on, tutor, tyro, usher in

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initiate

Beginning

VB begin, start, commence, conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept, initiate, launch, inaugurate, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train, broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start, handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, open fire, open the ball, ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence.

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

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