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Noun initiate has 3 senses
- novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate - someone new to a field or activity
--1 is a kind of unskilled person
--1 has particulars: | | abecedarian; apprentice, learner, prentice; cub, greenhorn, rookie; landlubber, lubber, landsman; newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant; tenderfoot; trainee |
- initiate, learned person, pundit, savant - someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
--2 is a kind of scholar, scholarly person, student
--2 has particulars: polymath
- initiate, enlightened - people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
--3 is a kind of people
Antonyms: uninitiate
Verb initiate has 5 senses
- originate, initiate, start - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
--1 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
--2 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- initiate, induct - accept young people into society, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
--3 is one way to admit, let in, include
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- broach, initiate - bring up a topic for discussion
--4 is one way to hash out, discuss, talk over
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- lead up, initiate - prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War Two"
--5 is one way to originate, initiate, start
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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