LEARNit Dictionary

initiate

verb
C1+
OPAL
1
C1+
to make something begin
شروع کردن, آغاز کردن
synonym set/put in motion
2
C1+
to explain something to somebody and/or make them experience it for the first time
آغاز کردن, شروع کردن, وارد کردن چیزی برای اولین بار, مطلع کردن, آموزش دادن در ابتدا
Many of them had been initiated into drug use at an early age.
His uncle initiated him into the pleasures of sailing.
3
to make somebody a member of a particular group, especially as part of a secret ceremony
عضو کردن, پیوستن دادن
Hundreds are initiated into the sect each year.
noun
1
a person who has been allowed to join a particular group, organization, or religion and is learning its rules and secrets
محرم, نوکیش, نوآموز