initiate
US: /ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
initiate /i'niʃiit/
- danh từ
- người đã được vỡ lòng, người đã được khai tâm, người được bắt đầu làm quen với một bộ môn
- người đã được làm lễ kết nạp; người đã được thụ giáo
- tính từ
- đã được vỡ lòng, đã được khai tâm, đã được bắt đầu làm quen với (một bộ môn khoa học...)
- đã được làm lễ kết nạp; đã được thụ giáo
- ngoại động từ
- bắt đầu, khởi đầu, đề xướng
- vỡ lòng, khai tâm, bắt đầu làm quen cho (ai về một bộ môn gì...)
- làm lễ kết nạp; làm lễ thụ giáo cho (ai)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN]
1 (formal) to make sth begin: to initiate legal action / proceedings against sb + The government has initiated a programme of economic reform. + Bacteria then enters the wound and initiates infection.
2 ~ sb (into sth) to explain sth to sb and/or make them experience it for the first time: Many of them had been initiated into drug use at an early age. + His uncle initiated him into the pleasures of sailing.
3 ~ sb (into sth) to make sb a member of a particular group, especially as part of a secret ceremony: Hundreds are initiated into the sect each year.
+ noun
a person who has been allowed to join a particular group, organization, or religion and is learning its rules and secrets
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 begin, commence, enter upon or on, originate, introduce, set in motion, start, give rise to, get under way, launch, get or set going, trigger, set off, actuate, activate, instigate, institute, inaugurate:
The programme was initiated last spring with much fanfare.
2 admit, accept, introduce:
The new members were initiated last night, with due ceremony.
3 teach, instruct, train, tutor, drill, coach:
His responsibility is to initiate recruits in the rudiments of jungle warfare.
n.
4 novice, beginner, new boy or girl, greenhorn, rookie, neophyte, tiro or tyro, newcomer, tenderfoot, fledgling, apprentice, (raw) recruit, abecedarian, noviciate or novitiate, catechumen, Brit fresher or US only freshman, Australian new chum:
In the first weeks, initiates are drilled in the basics.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
formally
The enquiry was formally initiated last month.
Concise English dictionary
initiates|initiated|initiatingɪ'nɪʃɪeɪt
noun
+someone new to a field or activity
+someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
+people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
verb
+bring into being
+take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
+accept young people into society, usually with some rite
+bring up a topic for discussion
+prepare the way for
