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Synonyms for initiation
ɪˌnɪʃ iˈeɪ ʃənini·ti·a·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
initiation
The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.
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Synonyms:
arising, beginning, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, inception, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, spring, start
Princeton's WordNet
initiation, induction, installationnoun
a formal entry into an organization or position or office
"his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
Synonyms:
evocation, foundation, induction, instauration, installing, generalization, creation, elicitation, installation, generalisation, instalment, inductive reasoning, knowledgeability, institution, trigger, inductance, founding, innovation, installment, knowledgeableness, origination, introduction, facilityinitiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instaurationnoun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
"she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
Synonyms:
cosmos, foundation garment, founding, entry, groundwork, unveiling, instauration, invention, base, substructure, excogitation, introduction, presentation, creative activity, fundament, intro, world, asylum, knowledgeableness, innovation, understructure, foundation, conception, universe, trigger, installation, knowledgeability, foot, existence, first appearance, grounding, design, institution, launching, mental home, origination, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, macrocosm, cornerstone, origin, debut, induction, basis, inception, insertion, establishment, mental hospital, intromission, creation, insane asylumknowledgeability, knowledgeableness, initiationnoun
wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
"his knowledgeability impressed me"; "his dullness was due to lack of initiation"
Synonyms:
trigger, installation, innovation, knowledgeableness, founding, knowledgeability, instauration, creation, institution, foundation, induction, origination, introductiontrigger, induction, initiationnoun
an act that sets in motion some course of events
Synonyms:
elicitation, foundation, induction, evocation, introduction, generalization, creation, installation, generalisation, inductive reasoning, knowledgeability, institution, trigger, inductance, founding, gun trigger, instauration, knowledgeableness, origination, innovation
Dictionary of English Synonymes
initiationnoun
Synonyms:
introduction, admission, entranceinitiationnoun
Synonyms:
instruction, indoctrinationinitiationnoun
Synonyms:
beginning, inauguration
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "initiation":
opening, launch, commencement, launching, start, induction, beginning, start-up, openness, initiating, onset, startup, introduction, inception, introductory
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#1827 | installation | |
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#2518 | origin | |
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#3232 | launch | |
#3484 | universe | |
#3936 | innovation | |
#4375 | existence | |
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#5431 | intro | |
#5509 | installing | |
#5785 | arising | |
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#8063 | fountain | |
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#15073 | cornerstone | |
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#18813 | openness | |
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#20059 | outset | |
#20818 | grounding | |
#23656 | generalization | |
#26296 | inauguration | |
#27200 | origination | |
#27524 | groundwork | |
#35740 | unveiling | |
#39343 | instalment | |
#43556 | inductance | |
#59246 | substructure | |
#63595 | generalisation | |
#74476 | evocation | |
#75513 | elicitation | |
#83585 | fount | |
#144612 | macrocosm | |
#156396 | fundament |
How to use initiation in a sentence?
In the UK the culture is that this is a replacement and not an initiation product.
Where the two old parties offer fear, mutual slander and individual self-destruction, Libertarians share our commitment to rigorous financial integrity, peaceful social acceptance and individual personal liberty, now is the time to vote out of love for the principles you know to be true : free agency, self-ownership, non-initiation of aggression and not in reaction to what you fear.
It’s quite likely that many of those who reported drinking regularly during their late teens went on to continue or escalate that habit throughout their adult life, in an ideal world, parents would both try to delay alcohol initiation until the late teens or early twenties and also try teach their kids to drink moderately and responsibly.
For the first time ever, our policy explicitly states that a non-citizen's unlawful presence in the United States will not, by itself, be a basis for the initiation of an enforcement action.
In girls from West Europe -- Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland -- the rate of smoking initiation in young adolescents reached the rate observed in late adolescents, age 16 to 20, around year 2005, although for the latter group the rate was declining.
Translations for initiation
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- Initiierung, InitiationGerman
- την έναρξηGreek
- iniciatoEsperanto
- inicio, iniciaciónSpanish
- johdatus, jäseneksi ottaminen, jäseneksi vihkiminen, alullepanoFinnish
- initiationFrench
- טקס חניכה, חניכהHebrew
- दीक्षाHindi
- megindítás, inicializálásHungarian
- inisiasiIndonesian
- iniziazione, inizioItalian
- ייזוםHebrew
- 着手, 開始, 始まりJapanese
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