Skip to main content

noun

initiate

someone new to a field or activity

In a sentence

Six example sentences with initiate, each labelled with its topic.

  • As an initiate she kept losing to the tutorial boss until a veteran showed her the parry timing.

    Gaming

  • The chef hands every initiate a crate of onions and expects perfect dice by the end of the week.

    Cooking

  • The reading group welcomes an initiate each autumn, starting them on Plato rather than the denser German writers.

    Philosophy

  • Every initiate at the climbing gym starts on the yellow route, learning to trust her feet before her arms.

    Fitness

  • The trading desk gives each initiate a tiny book and a strict loss limit until the veterans trust his judgment.

    Finance

  • At the jam session an initiate is expected to listen for a whole set before anyone offers her a solo.

    Music

Study initiate until you keep it

Learn English words in sentences about topics you pick, with a quick quiz. With an account, words come back for review.

Found in these word lists

Found in 7 published word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains initiate. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.