1. to begin or start something
2. to introduce someone to a new activity, skill, or area of knowledge
3. to admit someone as a member of a group or organization, often through a ceremony

1. a person who has recently been admitted to a group or organization

Examples

• The company will initiate a new training program next month.
• She decided to initiate legal proceedings against her former employer.
• The coach will initiate the new players into the team’s traditions.
• They initiated him into the secret society with a special ceremony.
• As a new initiate, he had to learn all the club’s rules and customs.
• The initiates gathered in the hall for their first meeting.
• The professor initiated her students into the complexities of quantum physics.