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in·i·ti·ate

 (ĭ-nĭsh′ē-āt′)
tr.v. in·i·ti·at·ed, in·i·ti·at·ing, in·i·ti·ates
1. To set going by taking the first step; begin: initiated trade with developing nations. See Synonyms at begin.
2. To introduce to a new field, interest, skill, or activity: initiated the students into the world of opera.
3. To admit (someone) into membership, as with a ritual or ceremony.
adj. (-ĭt)
1. Initiated or admitted, as to membership or a position of authority.
2. Introduced to something new, such as a new field of knowledge.
n. (-ĭt)
1. One who is being or has been initiated into an organization.
2. One who has been introduced to or has attained some knowledge in a particular field.
[Latin initiāre, initiāt-, from initium, beginning; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
in·i′ti·a′tor n.
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initiator

(ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪtə)
n
1. a person or thing that initiates
2. (Chemistry) chem a substance that starts a chain reaction
3. (Chemistry) chem an explosive used in detonators
inˈitiˌatress, inˈitiˌatrix fem n
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.initiator - a person who initiates a course of action
instigator
leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
aggressor - a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
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Translations

initiator

[ɪˈnɪʃɪeɪtəʳ] N → iniciador(a) m/f
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initiator

[ɪˈnɪʃieɪtər] n [plan, process] → initiateur/trice m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

initiator

n → Initiator(in) m(f)
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initiator

[ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪtəʳ] n → promotore/trice
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Kutuzov replied: "I should be cursed by posterity were I looked on as the initiator of a settlement of any sort.
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Pandora apparently had not hitherto examined this monument, and our young man wished he had known, the evening before, of her omission, so that he might have offered to be her initiator. There is too obvious a connexion for us to fail of catching it between his regret and the fact that in leaving Mrs.
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Whereas the council of the initiator of the case Rio Abdul Rahim Advocate has pleaded from the court that the accused in the case Rimsha Missi was miss using the bail.
Court gives last chance to police to present Rimsha's challan
(5.) The model used logistic regression with initiator status as the dependent variable (1 = statin initiators, 0 = nonusers) and the demographic variables, comorbidity counts, hyperlipidemia diagnosis, and preinitiation Medicare cost segments as regressors.
Incident user cohorts for assessing medication cost-offsets
Generally, three parties are involved in crowdfunding: a project initiator that is seeking project funding, contributors that fund the projects, and a moderator, usually a website, that brings the initiator and contributors together.
Crowdfunding contributions and state sales and use taxes
He was the Initiator of The Silent University and Aciliyet Mektebi.
Ahmet Ogrut, a Kurdish Painter
In the centralized algorithms [8,15,16], the initiator maintains the Local Wait-For Graph (LWFG) to detect a deadlock.
Message-optimal algorithm for detection and resolution of generalized deadlocks in distributed systems
* Definition of initiator of the virtual enterprise;
Creation process of the innovative virtual enterprise
Because of the latter, PPD is a better UV initiator than an efficient visible light photo-initiator.
Effect of different photo-initiators and light curing units on degree of conversion of composites
intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by The Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a "neutron initiator" for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official.
U.S. intelligence found Iran nuke document was forged
Somewhat personal and Offers the initiator high impact/impression.
Smartly choose your modes of communication
The hydrophilic polymers are chemically grafted to the fibers by way of reactive radicals formed from at least one of (i) a reaction between a monomer molecule and a radical polymerization initiator molecule and (ii) a reaction between the fiber surface and a radical polymerization initiator molecule.
Absorbent Articles Comprising Hydrophilic Nonwoven Fabrics: No. 7,521,587; Ludwig Busam, Andreas Flohr, Christofer Fuchs and Ekaterina Ponomarenko, assignors to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH

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