initiated
Sayi-NISH-ee-ayt-id/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt.ɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of initiate.
The committee initiated a full review of the safety policy.
Peace talks had been initiated weeks before the ceasefire was announced.
Note
One spelling does double duty. It is the finite past in "they initiated talks" and the participle after have or be in "talks had been initiated." The participle also carries the ceremonial meaning, where someone is initiated into an order or a society. As an adjective it can name insiders: the initiated are those who have been through the rites, set against the uninitiated.
initiated is a form of initiate
initiate, verb: To cause something to begin; to set a process or action in motion. Full entry
- Forms
- initiateinitiates he/she/itinitiating -ing forminitiated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- initiate → initiated: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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