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Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; Someone new to a field or activity.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; Someone new to a field or activity. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To begin or set going.

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  • Paul is an initiate of the university's most popular fraternity.
  • It is very familiar to the initiate
  • Verb (used with object) : to initiate major social reforms. ,to initiate a constitutional amendment
  • Maybe she thinks a third war for the US to initiate is a proper course of action?
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  • ''initiate" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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