INITIATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does initiator mean? 

• INITIATOR (noun)
  The noun INITIATOR has 1 sense:

1. a person who initiates a course of action

  Familiarity information: INITIATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INITIATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who initiates a course of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

initiator; instigator

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

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

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

aggressor (a confident assertive person who acts as instigator)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

Eclipses are the strongest initiator of change that the universe has at its disposal.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

TF, a transmembrane protein and initiator of the coagulation cascade, is overexpressed in many tumor cells and tumor-resident endothelial cells.

(Anti-TF Monoclonal Antibody-MMAE Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)

IRES allows the ribosomes to be recruited to an initiator AUG, which is some distance from the 5' end of the message RNA to bypass the Kozak scanning mechanism.

(Internal Ribosome Entry Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Apo3L recruits initiator caspase 8 via the adapter protein FADD.

(DR3 and DR4/5 Mediated Apoptosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

TF, a transmembrane protein and initiator of the coagulation cascade, is overexpressed in many tumor cells and tumor endothelial cells; its expression is correlated with metastasis, angiogenesis, tumor cell growth and tumor-associated thrombosis.

(Anti-Tissue Factor Monoclonal Antibody MORAb-066, NCI Thesaurus)

Its control has been uncovered by the discovery of the cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) as master regulators of the cell cycle and the initiator proteins of DNA replication, such as the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC), Cdc6/18, Cdt1 and the mini-chromosome maintenance complex (Mcm).

(CDK Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

That new moon will be a solar eclipse, far more powerful than a normal new moon, and considered a prime initiator of change and purveyor of opportunity.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Eclipses are major initiators of change, which you may have noticed with some of the eclipses in this family of signs that arrived earlier this year: January 5, July 2, July 16, and now December 25, in Capricorn or Cancer, two signs that share the same horoscope axis.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Additionally, the Sun rules your solar fifth house of truelove, so if you are single, be sure to circulate socially during January, especially in the first week, for eclipses represent some of the most powerful initiators of change that the universe has as its disposal, so you could meet someone special.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)