initiate
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "initiate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start a new course of action
Transitive: to initiate a process or project
to initiate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He initiated a discussion on improving workplace productivity during the team meeting.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make the first move in the beginning of a process
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting initiated with a brief moment of silence.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to introduce someone into a secret or exclusive group, often through a ceremony or ritual
Transitive: to initiate sb | to initiate sb into a group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was initiated into the club after passing a series of tests.
āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ, āύāĻŦāĻĻā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ

a person who has been formally introduced to specialized knowledge, practices, or secret rites
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Only initiates were allowed to handle the ancient manuscripts.
āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ, āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ

someone formally recognized as a member of a learned, professional, or academic group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The conference welcomed new initiates of the scientific academy.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ⧇ āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāύāĻŦā§€āĻļ, āύāĻŦā§€āύ

a person who is new to a field, activity, or skill, and is just starting to learn
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She helped initiates understand the rules of the game.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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