initiate
- cause (a process or action) to begin；admit (someone) into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual
- a person who has been initiated into an organization or activity
verb: initiate, 3rd person present: initiates, gerund or present participle: initiating, past tense: initiated, past participle: initiated
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動詞
- 1. cause (a process or action) to begin he proposes to initiate discussions on planning procedures 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. admit (someone) into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual she had been formally initiated into the movement 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ introduce someone to (a particular activity or skill, especially a difficult or obscure one) they were initiated into the mysteries of mathematics 同義詞
名詞
- 1. a person who has been initiated into an organization or activity an initiate of the cult
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- cause (a process or action) to begin: he proposes to initiate discussions on planning procedures
- a person who has been initiated into an organization or activity, typically recently: initiates of the Shiva cult the initiate Marines
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