INITIATE

Definition:

1. [noun] someone new to a field or activity
   Synonyms: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro
   
   
2. [noun] someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
   Synonyms: learned person, pundit, savant
   
   
3. [noun] people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
   Synonyms: enlightened
   
   
4. [verb] bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
   Synonyms: originate, start
   
   
5. [verb] take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
   Synonyms: pioneer
   
   
6. [verb] accept young people into society, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
   Synonyms: induct
   
   
7. [verb] bring up a topic for discussion
   Synonyms: broach
   
   
8. [verb] prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War Two"
   Synonyms: lead up
   
   

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Related Words:

• lead up, initiate
• set
• go back, date back, date from
• strike up
• introduce, innovate
• trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
• establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
• stage, bring about, arrange
• mount
• undertake, set about, attempt
• organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
• cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
• abecedarian
• apprentice, learner, prentice
• cub, greenhorn, rookie
• landlubber, lubber, landsman
• newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant
• tenderfoot
• trainee
• polymath

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