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initiated
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initiated
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | introduced into |
| Synonyms: | admitted, brought into, entered, inserted, instituted, originated, proposed, put into, sponsored |
| Main Entry: | initiated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having undergone initiation |
| Synonyms: | accepted, acknowledged, admitted, approved, called up, coached, confirmed, conscripted, drafted, grounded, inducted, installed, instated, instructed, introduced, made a member of, made part of, passed, received, tutored |
| Main Entry: | initiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, introduce |
| Synonyms: | admit, begin, break the ice, come out with, come up with, commence, dream up, enter, get ball rolling, get feet wet, get under way, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, intro, invest, kick off, launch, make up, open, originate, pioneer, set in motion, set up, take in, take up, trigger, usher in |
| Antonyms: | close, conclude, end, finish, terminate |
| Main Entry: | initiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach |
| Synonyms: | brief, coach, edify, enlighten, familiarize, indoctrinate, induct, inform, instate, instruct, introduce, invest, train |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | educated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | learned, experienced |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, refined, scholarly, schooled, scientific, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | begun |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | started |
| Synonyms: | going, happening, in motion, in process, in progress, initiated, operational, operative, proceeding, under way, working |
| Antonyms: | latent, prospective |
| Main Entry: | established |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | set up to endure |
| Synonyms: | begun, chartered, codified, completed, conceived, endowed, equipped, finished, founded, inaugurated, incorporated, initiated, instituted, organized, originated, produced, ratified, realized, set up, settled, systematized |
| Antonyms: | insolvent, temporary, unsound |
| Main Entry: | inaugurated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | originated |
| Synonyms: | begun, initiated, installed, introduced, started |
| Main Entry: | inducted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conscripted |
| Synonyms: | called up, drafted, initiated |
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