initiation

[ih-nish-ee-ey-shuhn] / ɪˌnɪʃ iˈeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

start, introduction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baptism commencement inauguration inception induction

STRONG

admission beginning debut enrollment entrance inaugural indoctrination installation investiture preliminaries

WEAK

instatement

Antonyms

STRONGEST

end ending finish

STRONG

conclusion

WEAK

close termination

Example Sentences

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The majority of those affected have reported seeing a Bios warning code of 53 on screen, which indicates a memory initialisation failure.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2022

However, developers will use it, and we'll see pages that select fundamentally broken algorithms and initialisation vectors, or apply them in inappropriate ways.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2013

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