INITIATE


Meaning of INITIATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnɪʃieɪt ]

( initiates, initiating, initiated)

1.

If you initiate something, you start it or cause it to happen.

They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics...

VERB : V n

2.

If you initiate someone into something, you introduce them to a particular skill or type of knowledge and teach them about it.

He initiated her into the study of other cultures.

VERB : V n into n , also V n

3.

If someone is initiated into something such as a religion, secret society, or social group, they become a member of it by taking part in ceremonies at which they learn its special knowledge or customs.

In many societies, young people are formally initiated into their adult roles.

...the ceremony that initiated members into the Order.

VERB : be V-ed into n , V n into n , also V n

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