initiating
Sayi-NISH-ee-ayt-ing/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of initiate.
The committee is initiating reforms to streamline the approval process.
Initiating contact first often eases the tension between rival groups.
Note
The -ing form drops the final e of initiate and does two jobs. After be it builds the progressive (is initiating reforms), and as a gerund it heads a phrase that works as a noun (initiating contact first). Watch the object: initiating a process means starting it, while initiating a person means admitting them to a group or teaching them its basics. Without an object, it means taking the first step.
initiating is a form of initiate
initiate, verb: To cause something to begin; to set a process or action in motion. Full entry
- Spelling
- initiate → initiating: drop the e, add -ing
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