Meaning & use
Initiate
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To cause a process or action to begin.
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The company decided to initiate a new recruitment drive next month.
Doctors initiated treatment as soon as the diagnosis was confirmed.
A note on using this word
As a noun, 'initiate' refers to a person newly admitted into a group or given basic knowledge of a subject.
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2. noun
A person who has just been introduced or admitted into a particular group, organization, or field of knowledge.
As a new initiate, he was still learning the club's traditions.
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