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    initiator
    /ɪˈnɪʃɪeɪtə/

    noun

    • 1. a person or thing that initiates someone or something.

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › initiatorInitiator Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going; to induct into membership by or as if by special rites… See the full definition

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › initiatorInitiator - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    An initiator is an instigator, the one who begins something. Initiator comes from the Latin initiare , meaning “beginning.” The spark that lights the fuse is the initiator of the bomb’s explosion.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINITIATOR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a person who causes something to begin: She was one of the project's initiators. Synonym. instigator. Compare. beginner. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Starting and beginning. be in the first flush of idiom. be/get in on the ground floor idiom. become. begin. branch out. develop. get down to business idiom. grow. half-cock.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINITIATOR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    The initiator of a plan or process is the person who was responsible for thinking of it or starting it. ...one of the major initiators of the tumultuous changes in Eastern Europe. [ + of] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › initiatorINITIATOR Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Initiator definition: a person or thing that initiates. See examples of INITIATOR used in a sentence.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › initiatorInitiator - definition of initiator by The Free Dictionary

    1. To set going by taking the first step; begin: initiated trade with developing nations. See Synonyms at begin. 2. To introduce to a new field, interest, skill, or activity: initiated the students into the world of opera. 3. To admit (someone) into membership, as with a ritual or ceremony. adj. (-ĭt) 1.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishinitiator noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of initiator noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryINITIATOR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    a person who causes something to begin: She was one of the project's initiators. Synonym. instigator. Compare. beginner. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Starting and beginning. be in the first flush of idiom. be/get in on the ground floor idiom. become. begin. branch out. develop. get down to business idiom. grow. half-cocked.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › initiatorInitiator Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Initiator Definition. One who initiates. (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization. (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs. (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › initiator_ninitiator, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the noun initiator is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for initiator is from 1676, in a dictionary by Elisha Coles, lexicographer and stenographer. initiator is a borrowing from Latin.