initiate
Noun
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is a type of: unskilled person - a person who lacks technical trainingsubtypes:
- abecedarian - a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
- apprentice, learner, prentice - works for an expert to learn a trade
- cub, greenhorn, rookie - an awkward and inexperienced youth
- landlubber, landsman, lubber - an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
- entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter - any new participant in some activity
- tenderfoot - an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
- trainee - someone who is being trained
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is a type of: bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplinessubtypes: polymath - a person of great and varied learning
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is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectivelysame as: enlightened
Verb
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subtypes:
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subtypes:
- strike up - begin
- innovate, introduce - bring something new to an environment
- activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip - put in motion or move to act
- constitute, establish, found, institute, plant - set up or lay the groundwork for
- arrange, stage - plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- mount - put up or launch
- attempt, set about, undertake - enter upon an activity or enterprise
- devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare - arrange by systematic planning and united effort
same as: pioneer -
is a type of: admit, include, let in - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities ofsame as: induct
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is a type of: discuss, hash out, talk over - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussionsubtypes: address, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat - act on verbally or in some form of artistic expressionsame as: broach
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same as: lead up
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