initiate1 verbinitiate2 noun
initiatei‧ni‧ti‧ate1 /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] 
Verb TableVERB TABLE
initiate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | initiate |
| he, she, it | initiates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | initiated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have initiated |
| he, she, it | has initiated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had initiated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will initiate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have initiated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am initiating |
| he, she, it | is initiating | |
| you, we, they | are initiating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was initiating |
| you, we, they | were initiating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been initiating |
| he, she, it | has been initiating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been initiating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be initiating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been initiating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- A large number of companies have initiated recycling programs.
- Peace talks have been initiated in an attempt to avert full scale war.
- The couple plan to initiate legal proceedings against the police.
- But if you'd also been able to identify me then they would certainly have initiated an investigation.
- Finally, after deliberation, it was decided to initiate the Peace Corps program despite misgivings about working under a military regime.
- Goldstein fully expects an Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format product programme to be initiated during 1994.
- It is not clear what initiates HAPCs.
- The Profitboss initiates policies and practices that ensure all employees are consistently treated.
- The rebels appear to have initiated a new stage in the war when they crossed the border into Dagestan yesterday morning.
- They are the verbs which should initiate the style of movement needed to sustain a ballet.
- You may be initiating the correspondence.
Longman Language Activatorto make something start happening► start
Collocations to make something start happening: · The police have already started an investigation.· The referee couldn't start the game because there were fans on the field.· A 'safe neighbourhood' campaign has been started by local residents.
► launch: launch an attack/appeal/inquiry etc to start a public or military activity, when there is a clear aim that you want to achieve: · Rebel forces launched an attack on the capital.· Police are launching a major murder inquiry.· The local hospital has launched a campaign to raise money for new X-ray equipment.
► open: open an investigation/inquiry to start an official process of gathering information about a particular problem, in order to find out what caused it or to find a solution: · Police have opened an investigation into the girl's disappearance.· The Football Association are to open an inquiry into recent crowd trouble.
► initiate formal to start something such as an official process or discussion about something important: · Peace talks have been initiated in an attempt to avert full scale war.· The couple plan to initiate legal proceedings against the police.
► spark off to make something happen, especially something serious, difficult, or important: · The murder sparked off a wave of protests in the city.· Recent freak weather conditions have sparked off renewed fears about the effects of global warming.
► set in motion also set into motion American to start a process or series of events that will continue for a long time even if you take no further action: · A few months later the divorce procedure was set in motion.· The government had already set into motion a series of reforms.· Wait's actions had set in motion a chain of events that would eventually result in his dismissal.
► get/start/set the ball rolling informal to start a meeting, discussion, event etc by doing something in order to encourage other people to take part in it as well: · Mark stood up and asked the first question to get the ball rolling.· To start the ball rolling, the government was asked to contribute £50,000 to the new charity.
► get things moving to make a process start by doing or arranging the first part of it, after which it will become easier: · Change is certainly needed and the new headteacher needs to get things moving quickly.· Once we got things moving, the deal went through very quickly.
► (let's) get this show on the road spoken use this to say that you now want to start something that you have been planning: · Are you all packed and ready? Right, let's get this show on the road.· We're having another meeting next week, hopefully to really get this show on the road.
to help or encourage someone to start doing something new► introduce somebody to to make someone start doing something or start enjoying something, by telling them about it or showing it to them: · Her father introduced her to rock 'n' roll when she was a little girl.introduce somebody to doing something: · It was my sports teacher who first introduced me to skiing.
► initiate somebody into to give someone the chance to do something for the first time, especially something unusual or complicated: · People come to me to be initiated into meditation, as a way of handling stress.· He tried to initiate her into the mysteries of Chinese cooking.
► start somebody on to make someone start doing something regularly, especially because it will be good for them: · Most parents start their babies on solid foods when they are about 4 months old.· The doctor said that he wants to start Dad on a special low-cholesterol diet.
WORD SETS► Organizationsacademician, nounacademy, nounAMA, Asian Development Bank, nounAssociates, nounAssociation for Payment Clearing Services, nounAudit Bureau of Circulation, nounbadge, nounBaltic Exchange, nounBBA, nounblackball, verbBlue Shield, nounbook club, nounBoy Scout, nounbranch, nounbureau, nounCBOT, chairperson, nounchamber of commerce, nounchamber of trade, nounCISCO, nounCompanies House, nounco-operative society, coopt, verbcorp., corporate, adjectivecouncil, nouncub, nounCub Scout, noundepartment, noundiscount brokerage, dropout, nounEasdaq, nounechelon, nounemergency services, nounEuro.NM, nounexecutive, nounex-officio, adjectivefabricator, nounfederation, nounFinancial Accounting Standards Board, nounfire brigade, nounfire department, nounformation, nounfoundation, nounfrat, nounfraternity, nounFreemason, nounFreemasonry, nounfriendly society, nounfund, nounfunder, noungeneral headquarters, nounGinnie Mae, nounGirl Scout, nounguild, nounhealth care, nounhealth service, nounhierarchy, nounhousing association, nounICAO, IMF, the, induct, verbinduction, nouninfighting, nouninitiate, verbinitiate, nouninitiation, nouninside, adverbinsider, nouninstitute, nounInstitute of London Underwriters, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nounkibbutz, nounKKK, Ku Klux Klan, the, land office, nounLondon Clearing House, nounmarriage bureau, nounMasonic, adjectiveMMC, MNC, MNE, newsletter, nounNSPCC, order, nounpaternalism, nounpatriarchal, adjectivepenetrate, verbpowerhouse, nounpresident, nounpressure group, nounpublic enterprise, quorum, nounrating agency, realign, verbrecognize, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounregistry, nounreshuffle, nounresidents' association, nounreunion, nounRotary Club, the, Savings and Loan Association, nounsecede, verbsecretary, nounsecurities house, service club, nounShip, nounSoc., society, nounSRO, subscriber, nounsubscription, nountask force, nounthink tank, nountreasurer, nountrustee, nounUNICEF, unorganized, adjectivevertical, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► action
Word family· A relator owes no duty to the public to initiate any law enforcement action.· Review the effectiveness of the nursing care provided and where appropriate, initiate any action which may be required.· But at the same time, the self was complex enough to initiate actions and innovate new ideas.
► activity· By suggesting or initiating such activities, the teacher legitimates collaboration in the children's eyes.· The children in the following example were using a collection of beads, and their teacher decided to initiate an activity.· In this first example we see how a teacher is able to initiate a sorting activity following a child's chance remark.
► campaign· When he initiates a new advertising campaign he takes a risk.· Yet another child initiated a campaign to save a giant tree from being cut down.· The societies would need to initiate recruiting campaigns, and trade union skills and organization would be crucial to their success.· The Star had initiated a campaign against the rules and regulations in 1932, but the effort was short-lived.· He also initiated a staunch campaign urging retractions.
► change· Students spend two days a week in their own schools initiating and implementing change.· Initiating progress Adjusting to given changes is one thing; initiating changes, particularly desirable changes, is something else again.· The individual who initiates and manages change.· If he could get a job, it might be easier to initiate some change.· Do they initiate change and if so, what kind of change?· It underlies and initiates the changes seen in development.· His theory is therefore more able to explain change, and even to initiate change through the understanding which it gives.· Pilkingtons have initiated a long-term change in strategic direction towards higher value-added products.
► debate· We must marshal our resources to initiate a debate.· The Government's response has been inadequate and that is why I initiated the debate.· The Duke has initiated an important debate, but it is not yet concluded.
► development· Current formulations place great emphasis on the role of maturation and psychological vulnerability in initiating the development of symptoms.· He initiated the development of space-based photographic surveillance satellites and the Agena rocket stage to insert them into orbit.· There is however, no justification in making their establishment an essential pre-condition for initiating rural development programmes.
► discussion· He also proposes to initiate discussions on planning procedures, within the context of the new statutory planning and local government systems.· And at least he could rely on Freeborn to answer it without initiating a philosophical discussion about the basis of the self.
► inquiry· We have initiated an inquiry into the allegations reported to be in a forthcoming book by Patrick Tierney.
► investigation· But if you'd also been able to identify me then they would certainly have initiated an investigation.· It is up to law enforcement to initiate a separate criminal investigation.
► policy· The Profitboss initiates policies and practices that ensure all employees are consistently treated.
► proceeding· The Act allows, for the first time, children to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make court applications independently.· C., known as Fannie Mae, lenders have to initiate foreclosure proceedings 3 { months after the first missed payment.· The courts construed this broadly to include the documents which initiated the proceedings, the pleadings and the adjudication.· No one in the House has initiated formal impeachment proceedings against Mr Rubin.· It initiated liquidation proceedings after the sum it was owed for components it had supplied reached £2.1 million.· Only the three senior judges could initiate impeachment proceedings against the president.· The Act allows children, for the first time, to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make applications to court.
► process· After all, it is much easier to initiate a peace process than to complete one.· In 1911 he was initiated into the schooling process at the Ecole Primaire in Tours.· But it is rare to initiate the formal process.· It is up to citizens working together to initiate a long term process of communication, mutual support and joint action.· Such agents could initiate an immunological process that becomes self perpetuating long after living organisms have disappeared.· It could only have been relatively cool gases that could initiate accretion processes.
► program· Finally, after deliberation, it was decided to initiate the Peace Corps program despite misgivings about working under a military regime.· In the years since Oakland initiated it, the program hardly received any local, much less national, notice.
► programme· As well as searching for arbitrage opportunities, computers can also be used to initiate programme trades.· At the other, the researchers initiated an intervention programme.· The Social Science Research Council initiated a research programme.· Using these films as the main teaching aid, the company initiated a programme of management training for small shopkeepers.· In order to attract new investment, the government has initiated a programme to update and extend its treaty network.
► project· Mud was not a sound reason to initiate the attic project.· Resident at Balbirnie House from day one has been managing director Eric Brown, who initiated the project.
► reform· This led several members of the Congress to question the Assembly's moral right to initiate political reforms.· Clinton, who initiated welfare reform, is now portrayed as blocking it.· Therefore it is in women teachers' own interests, as well as those of their female pupils to initiate or support anti-sexist reforms.· Some organized petitions which urged parliament to initiate reform, while most employed their money and influence to promote godliness.
► research· Another task is to initiate research of particular relevance to policy issues and to examine existing and proposal policy initiatives on employment.· The Social Science Research Council initiated a research programme.
► review· Usually it is the landlord who initiates the review and the tenant who is obliged to serve the counternotice.· A Labour government would immediately initiate the widest possible review defence commitments world-wide and set up an arms conversion agency.
► scheme· I interviewed the deputy head who had been instrumental in initiating the scheme and gained the school's consent for the study.· The council initiating the scheme says it's important for residents to have some one who isn't official to talk to.· However, old people who need help do not initiate such schemes.· These organizations were to initiate a renewal scheme for one of the most deprived areas in Britain.
► study· Preliminary action was initiated in conjunction with the Strategic Study to discover more about the changing perceptions and requirements of clients.· This occurred because we overestimated the effectiveness of disulfiram when we calculated the sample size prior to initiating the study.· He initiated far-reaching studies of the clustering of galaxies.· The researchers hope that their results will allow them to initiate studies in humans with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.
WORD FAMILYnouninitiationverbinitiate
1formal to arrange for something important to start, such as an official process or a new plan: 
They have decided to initiate legal proceedings against the newspaper. Intellectuals have initiated a debate on terrorism.2to tell someone about something or show them how to do somethinginitiate somebody into something Those kids were initiated into heroin use at a young age.3to introduce someone into an organization, club, group etc, usually with a special ceremonyinitiate somebody into something At the age of thirteen, the boys in the tribe are initiated into manhood.initiate1 verbinitiate2 noun
initiatei‧ni‧ti‧ate2 /ɪˈnɪʃiət/ noun [countable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- He's one of the initiates, and in my opinion that counts for, and perhaps even excuses, a lot.
- Its esoteric meaning is of the domain of the scholar rather than the layman - of the initiate rather than the priest.
- Nothing can prepare the initiate for this first breathtaking vision of the planet for which he has been designated steward.
- Rising, he turned to the initiates and raised that cup, now glowing.
- The Lesser Mysteries, celebrated in winter, prepared the initiate for taking part in the Greater Mysteries the following autumn.
- The Nagas should be regarded as the initiates and the guardians of the ancient esoteric knowledge.
WORD SETS► Organizations
someone who has been allowed to join a particular organization, club, or group and has been taught its secretsacademician, nounacademy, nounAMA, Asian Development Bank, nounAssociates, nounAssociation for Payment Clearing Services, nounAudit Bureau of Circulation, nounbadge, nounBaltic Exchange, nounBBA, nounblackball, verbBlue Shield, nounbook club, nounBoy Scout, nounbranch, nounbureau, nounCBOT, chairperson, nounchamber of commerce, nounchamber of trade, nounCISCO, nounCompanies House, nounco-operative society, coopt, verbcorp., corporate, adjectivecouncil, nouncub, nounCub Scout, noundepartment, noundiscount brokerage, dropout, nounEasdaq, nounechelon, nounemergency services, nounEuro.NM, nounexecutive, nounex-officio, adjectivefabricator, nounfederation, nounFinancial Accounting Standards Board, nounfire brigade, nounfire department, nounformation, nounfoundation, nounfrat, nounfraternity, nounFreemason, nounFreemasonry, nounfriendly society, nounfund, nounfunder, noungeneral headquarters, nounGinnie Mae, nounGirl Scout, nounguild, nounhealth care, nounhealth service, nounhierarchy, nounhousing association, nounICAO, IMF, the, induct, verbinduction, nouninfighting, nouninitiate, verbinitiate, nouninitiation, nouninside, adverbinsider, nouninstitute, nounInstitute of London Underwriters, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nounkibbutz, nounKKK, Ku Klux Klan, the, land office, nounLondon Clearing House, nounmarriage bureau, nounMasonic, adjectiveMMC, MNC, MNE, newsletter, nounNSPCC, order, nounpaternalism, nounpatriarchal, adjectivepenetrate, verbpowerhouse, nounpresident, nounpressure group, nounpublic enterprise, quorum, nounrating agency, realign, verbrecognize, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounregistry, nounreshuffle, nounresidents' association, nounreunion, nounRotary Club, the, Savings and Loan Association, nounsecede, verbsecretary, nounsecurities house, service club, nounShip, nounSoc., society, nounSRO, subscriber, nounsubscription, nountask force, nounthink tank, nountreasurer, nountrustee, nounUNICEF, unorganized, adjectivevertical, adjective