n. 25B6; verb
the government initiated the scheme : BEGIN, start (off), commence; institute, inaugurate, launch, instigate, establish, set up, sow the seeds of, start the ball rolling; originate, pioneer; informal kick off.
he was initiated into a cult : INTRODUCE, admit, induct, install, incorporate, enlist, enrol, recruit, sign up, swear in; ordain, invest.
they were initiated into the world of maths : TEACH ABOUT, instruct in, tutor in, school in, prime in, ground in; familiarize with, acquaint with; indoctrinate, inculcate; informal show someone the ropes.
finish, expel.
25B6; noun an initiate on the team : NOVICE, starter, beginner, newcomer; learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice; new boy, new girl, recruit, tyro, neophyte; postulant, novitiate; informal rookie, new kid (on the block), newie, newbie, greenhorn.