initiate /i'niʃieit/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
• (n.) people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
• (v.) take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

Chinese translation

• n. 入会, 开始
• a. 新加入的
• vt. 开始, 传授基本知识给

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/i'niʃieit/

Syllables

4

Exam levels

CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.74 · Super Rare

Word forms

initiated, initiating, initiates

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initial · initially · initiative

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