(uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin. / (countable) An act of preparing something to begin. / (programming) An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable

simple past tense and past participle of initiate

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. / In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

A beginning; a first move. / A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem. / The ability to act first or on one's own.

plural of initial

An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initial

plural of initiative

One who initiates. / (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.

plural of initiator