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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
initiate
/ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪt/
verb1 of 3
to start
- “Politicians initiate wars, not ordinary people who suffer from them.”Tatoeba
- “The prime minister can initiate a vote of confidence.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 3
A new member of an organization.
adjective3 of 3
Unpractised; untried; new.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))