"I'll do my best" often means "I'll initiate nothing".
Source: tatoeba (1361748)
Initiate
//ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt//
Synonyms for "initiate" (193 found)
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Strong matches (58)
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installinstateinstigateinstituteinstructinventinvestjoinerkick offlaunchleadlead offlead the waylead uplearnerlife memberlift upmakememberneophyte
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Translations
75 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- nis verb (to begin; to start)
- nis verb (To do the first act)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- μύστης noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- μυέω verb (to confer membership on)
- τελίσκω verb (to confer membership on)
Arabic
2 entries- عضو جديد noun (A new member of an organization)
- بَادَرَ verb (To do the first act)
Armenian
2 entries- հաղորդյալ noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- միստ noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- новопосветен noun (A new member of an organization)
- въвеждам verb (to confer membership on)
- запо́чвам verb (to begin; to start)
- лансирам verb (to confer membership on)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 新成员 noun (A new member of an organization)
Czech
3 entries- zasvěcenec noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- iniciovat verb (to begin; to start)
- zasvětit verb (to confer membership on)
Dutch
4 entries- beginner noun (A new member of an organization)
- ingewijde noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- aanvangen verb (to begin; to start)
- beginnen verb (to begin; to start)
Esperanto
2 entries- inici verb (to confer membership on)
- iniciati verb (to begin; to start)
Finnish
4 entries- tulokas noun (A new member of an organization)
- tulokas noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- uusi jäsen noun (A new member of an organization)
- aloittaa verb (to begin; to start)
French
4 entries- initié noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- commencer verb (to begin; to start)
- démarrer verb (to begin; to start)
- initier verb (to begin; to start)
German
4 entries- Eingeweihte noun (A new member of an organization)
- Eingeweihte noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- Eingeweihter noun (A new member of an organization)
- Eingeweihter noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
Hungarian
1 entries- beavatott noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
Ido
1 entries- iniciar verb (to begin; to start)
Italian
4 entries- iniziato noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- novizio noun (A new member of an organization)
- iniziare verb (to begin; to start)
- iniziare verb (to confer membership on)
Japanese
3 entries- 取り掛かる verb (to begin; to start)
- 始める verb (to begin; to start)
- 開始する verb (to begin; to start)
Kapampangan
1 entries- panimunan verb (To do the first act)
Latin
1 entries- initiō verb (to confer membership on)
Norwegian
1 entries- sette i gang verb (to begin; to start)
Persian
2 entries- آغازاندن verb (to begin; to start)
- آغازیدن verb (to begin; to start)
Polish
3 entries- wtajemniczony noun (One who has been through a ceremony of initiation)
- wtajemniczać verb (to instruct in the rudiments)
- wtajemniczyć verb (to instruct in the rudiments)
Russian
1 entries- инициировать verb (to begin; to start)
Swedish
4 entries- initiera verb (to begin; to start)
- inleda verb (to begin; to start)
- påbörja verb (to begin; to start)
- sätta igång verb (to begin; to start)
Tagalog
2 entries- mag-umpisa verb (to begin; to start)
- magsimula verb (to begin; to start)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
"I'll do my best" often means "I won't initiate anything".
Source: tatoeba (1361750)
To initiate the quest, first go to the tavern and talk to the quest-giver.
Source: tatoeba (6167637)
Politicians initiate wars, not ordinary people who suffer from them.
Source: tatoeba (9297483)
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