Initiate | Mean of initiate in English Dictionary
/ɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/
- Verb
- to cause the beginning of (something)
- initiate a new project
- Doctors have initiated a series of tests to determine the cause of the problem.
- The company initiated judicial proceedings against them.
- to formally accept (someone) as a member of a group or organization usually in a special ceremony
- The new recruits will be initiated tomorrow night.
- He was initiated into a secret society.
- to teach (someone) the basic facts or ideas about something
- They initiated her into the ways of the corporate world.
- Noun
- a person who is being formally accepted or who has been formally accepted as a member of a group or organization
- These secrets are known only to a small group of initiates.
