initiation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The first step of transcription or of transduction.

Synonyms

beginning
A2
start
A1
commencement
35k
induction
24k
introduction
C1
installation
C2
outset
29k
opening
B1
trigger
B2
instruction
C2
origination
inception
35k
origin
C1
preliminary
C1
foundation
B2
onset
22k
creation
B2
instauration
institution
C1
knowledgeability
knowledgeableness
first
A1
1st
ignition
C2
founding
C2
circumcision
27k
employment
C1
innovation
C2
preamble
generate
C2
generation
B2
gumption
39k
incipience
indoctrination
48k
initial
C1
initiate
C2
interim
C2
launching
C2
occupation
C1
originality
27k
preparative
preparatory
42k
priming

privity

produce
B2
secret
A2
㊙️

setting to work

starting
A2
starting point
startup
34k
start-up
25k
Translations

initiation
iniciación
iniziazione
Einleitung
inizio
iniciação
Initiation
Initiierung
iniciació
inicio
principio
Einweihung
induction
commencement
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initiātiō. Morphologically initiate + -ion.

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