Dictionary

initiation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
   • initiation into literature
   • initiation into business
   • initiation into a society
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.

Forms

Antonyms

conclusion (antonym(s) of “act of initiating”) · end (antonym(s) of “act of initiating”)

Deriveds

lipoinitiation · photoinitiation · noninitiation · clutch initiation · initiation codon · reinitiation · preinitiation · postinitiation · self-initiation · initiation ceremony · initiational · overinitiation

Relateds

initial · initiationism · initiate

Synonyms

start (act of initiating) · beginning (act of initiating)

Translations (40)

bg начало (act of initiating) · fi jäseneksi ottaminen (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · fr initiation (act of initiating) · sq nisje (act of initiating) · zza terbiye (act of initiating) · cmn 发起 (act of initiating) · es inicio (act of initiating) · it inizio (act of initiating) · hi दीक्षा (act of initiating) · pt iniciação (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · fr initiation (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · de Initiation (act of initiating) · bg въвеждане (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · ka წამოწყება (act of initiating) · ca iniciació (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · hi प्रारंभ (act of initiating) · ru инициа́ция (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · he חניכה (act of initiating) · it iniziazione (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · fi jäseneksi vihkiminen (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · ja 開始 (act of initiating) · bg започване (act of initiating) · fi alullepano (act of initiating) · pt iniciação (act of initiating) · uk ініціа́ція (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · gl iniciación (act of initiating) · ca inici (act of initiating) · de Initiierung (act of initiating) · hi दीक्षा (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · ja 着手 (act of initiating) · pl inicjacja (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · he טקס חניכה (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · hu beavatás (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · el μύηση (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · cmn 入会仪式 (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · eo iniciato (act of initiating) · ja 始まり (act of initiating) · fi johdatus (act of initiating) · es iniciación (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) · cmn 开始 (act of initiating)