INITIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does initiation mean? 

• INITIATION (noun)
  The noun INITIATION has 4 senses:

1. a formal entry into an organization or position or office

2. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

3. wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge

4. an act that sets in motion some course of events

  Familiarity information: INITIATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INITIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal entry into an organization or position or office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

induction; initiation; installation

Context example:

he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame

Hypernyms ("initiation" is a kind of...):

ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "initiation"):

inaugural; inauguration (the ceremonial induction into a position)

coronation; enthronement; enthronisation; enthronization; investiture (the ceremony of installing a new monarch)

bar mitzvah ((Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility)

bas mitzvah; bat mitzvah; bath mitzvah ((Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility)

Derivation:

initiate (accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

creation; foundation; founding; initiation; innovation; instauration; institution; introduction; origination

Context example:

the foundation of a new scientific society

Hypernyms ("initiation" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "initiation"):

authorship; paternity (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing)

Derivation:

initiate (bring into being)

initiate (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

initiation; knowledgeability; knowledgeableness

Context example:

his dullness was due to lack of initiation

Hypernyms ("initiation" is a kind of...):

wisdom; wiseness (the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An act that sets in motion some course of events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

induction; initiation; trigger

Hypernyms ("initiation" is a kind of...):

causation; causing (the act of causing something to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "initiation"):

fomentation; instigation (deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord))

Derivation:

initiate (set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for)

initiate (bring into being)

 Context examples 

After binding to enhancer elements, transcription factors require transcriptional coactivator proteins to mediate their stimulation of transcription initiation.

(Nuclear Receptor Coactivator Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Initiation of DNA base excision repair (BER) involves a DNA glycosylase that binds the altered deoxynucleoside in an extrahelical position and catalyzes cleavage of the base-sugar bond.

(Base Excision Repair, NCI Thesaurus)

This interaction plays a role in the initiation of signal transduction.

(Nucleoside Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

A protein that either promotes or impedes the initiation, progress, or rate of apoptosis.

(Apoptosis Regulator, NCI Thesaurus)

Apoptosis Promoter Genes encode Apoptosis Promoter proteins, which promote the initiation, progress, or rate of apoptosis.

(Apoptosis Promoter Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MAP kinase-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 2 protein, may play a role in the modulation of translation initiation.

(MKNK2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Initiation of B lymphocyte activation is dependent on the tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent formation of multi-molecular effector protein complexes that activate downstream signaling pathways.

(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

As a result, this agent interferes with the assembly of initiation complex between mRNA and the bacterial ribosome, thereby inhibiting the initiation of protein synthesis.

(Neomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes origin recognition complex subunit 5 protein, plays a role in DNA replication initiation.

(ORC5L wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Multidrug Resistance Induction involves initiation of activities of biologic molecules or complexes involved in processes that increase the ability of cancer cells to counteract, defeat, or withstand the effects of multiple chemotherapeutic agents.

(Multidrug Resistance Induction, NCI Thesaurus)