The quality of being initial, or coming first.

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced

A new member of an organization. / One who has been through a ceremony of initiation. / One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject, especially one who is expert in it.

(transitive) To begin; to start. / To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce. / To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.

(obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new. / (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

simple past tense and past participle of initiate

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. / In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

A beginning; a first move. / A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem. / The ability to act first or on one's own.

plural of initiative

One who initiates. / (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.