- the act of somebody becoming a member of a group, often with a special ceremony; the act of introducing somebody to an activity or skill
- There was an established initiation ceremony for new boys.
- The gym charges an initiation fee of $125.
- initiation into something her initiation into the world of marketing
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryinitiation + noun- ceremony
- rite
- ritual
- …
- initiation into
- a rite of initiation
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- (formal) the act of starting something
- It is generally the police who deal with the initiation of criminal proceedings.
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