Dictionary entry
Initiation
Pronunciation: /ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃn/
Pronunciation
/ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃn/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) အစပျိုးခြင်း။ ဇာတ် သွင်းခြင်း။
Definition
initiate /Ç'nÇʃieÇt/ v ၁။ ( fml ) အစပ်ဳိးသည္။ စတင္သည္။ initiate plans/ discussions/ social reforms ❍ ( law ) initiate proceedings (ie begin legal action) against sb (ie prosecute sb). ၂။ ~ sb (into sth) (က) ဇာတ္သြင္းသည္။ initiate sb into a secret society. (ခ) ဇာတ္သြင္းေစသည္။ an older woman who had initiated him into the mysteries of love. /Ç'nÇʃiǝt/ n လူသစ္။ ❏ the initiated /Ç'nÇʃi'eÇtÇd/ n [pl v ] ဂိုဏ္းဝင္။ ဇာတ္သြင္း ၿပီးသူ။ အရည္ဝသူ။ ❏ initiation /ÇnÇʃi'eÇʃn/ n [U] ၁။ ( fml ) အစပ်ဳိးျခင္း။ the initiation of an investigation. ၂။ ~ (into sth) ဇာတ္ သြင္းျခင္း။ an initiation ceremony ❍ her initiation into womanhood. ❏ initiator /Ç'nÇʃieÇtǝ(r)/ n ( fml ) စတင္ေဆာင္ရြက္သူ။ the initiator of the project.
Examples
- The company initiated a management training programme for small businesses.
- We shall initiate urgent discussions with our European partners.
- The Act allows children
- for the first time
- to initiate proceedings.
- [initiate someone into something] : Nicky was initiated into a world of robbery and violence.
- [initiate someone into something] : At the age of 30 they were initiated into the higher ranks of the movement.