| query | An i_______ is a person who has been accepted as a member by a particular group or club and been taught its secrets and skills.An initiate is a person who has been accepted as a member by a particular group or club and been taught its secrets and skills. Chen was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline. |
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| word | initiate |
| full-definition | verb If you initiate something, you start it or cause it to happen . They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics. The trip was initiated by the manager of the community centre. If you initiate someone into something, you introduce them to a particular skill or type of knowledge and teach them about it. He initiated her into the study of other cultures. If someone is initiated into something such as a religion, secret society, or social group, they become a member of it by taking part in ceremonies at which they learn its special knowledge or customs . In many societies, young people are formally initiated into their adult roles. ...the ceremony that initiated members into the Order. noun An initiate is a person who has been accepted as a member by a particular group or club and been taught its secrets and skills. Chen was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline. |
| inflections | initiatesinitiatinginitiated |
| cefr-level | C1 |
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