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initiate

The correct spelling is initiate.

How to pronounce initiate

noun

Say it like: Ini-tia-te

The correct spelling is initiate. A new member of an organization.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A new member of an organization.
  2. 2.One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

verb

  1. 1.To begin; to start.
  2. 2.To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  3. 3.To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  4. 4.To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

adjective

  1. 1.Unpractised; untried; new.
  2. 2.Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

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