verb · academic
initiate
/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/in·IT·i·ate
Band 6-7task2speaking
to begin or set in motion a process, project or action
Examples
“The department initiated a review of assessment methods to improve fairness.”
“The university initiated a cross-disciplinary research programme last year.”
“To address the issue, the agency initiated targeted interventions in affected areas.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university initiated a longitudinal study to assess the long-term effects of curriculum reform.”
Collocations
- initiate a programme
- initiate a review/study
- be initiated by
Word family
initiate verbinitiation nouninitiator nouninitiative noun
Common mistakes
initiate of a project→initiate a project
He initiate the study last year.→He initiated the study last year.
Say it for a higher band
5start→6begin→7+initiate
Synonyms
launch
commence
Easily confused
originate
“Many modern practices originated in earlier informal customs.”
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