how to pronounce initiate

/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ɛɪt/

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initiate is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of initiate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… needed to initiate a launch so even if …”

meaning of initiate

To initiate is to start something new.

initiate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word initiate occurs in english on average 5.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics initiate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that initiate can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;