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Definition: Initiatory |
InitiatoryAdjective1. Serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "initiatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: InitiatorySynonyms: first (adj), inaugural (adj), initiative (adj), maiden (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Adjective: beginning; Verb: initial, initiatory, initiative; inceptive, introductory, incipient; proemial, inaugural; inchoate, inchoative; embryonic, rudimental; primogenial; primeval, primitive, primordial; (old); aboriginal; natal, nascent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Initiatory |
| English words defined with "initiatory": first ♦ inaugural, initiative ♦ maiden. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Initiatory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Initiatory" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "initiatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | iniciator (initiative, initiator, originator), nismëtor. (various references) | |
Arabic | إفتتاحي (inaugural, inaugurated, precursory, preliminary). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уводен (initiative, introductory, precursory, prefatory, prelusive, preparatory, propaedeutic), начален (auroral, elemental, embryo, inceptive, incipient, infantile, initial, initiative, introductory, opening, original), подготвителен (initiative, preliminary, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, propaedeutic). (various references) | |
Danish | initialspraengstof (initiatory explosive), indvielse (initiatory ragging). (various references) | |
Dutch | ontstekingsspringstof (initiatory explosive), ontgroening (initiation, initiatory ragging). (various references) | |
Farsi | واقع دراول , وابسته به اءین دخول , اولین (Initial), دخولی . (various references) | |
French | initiateur (initiator), inaugurale. (various references) | |
German | einleitend (prefatory, incipient, initiatively, introductory, preliminary, preluding). (various references) | |
Greek | μυητικόσ, εισαγωγικόσ (introductory, originative, prefatorial, prelusive, prelusory), αρχικόσ (inceptive, initial, original, originative, primal, primary, primitive, primordial, pristine). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kezdeti (germinal, inchoate, inchoative, incipient). (various references) | |
Italian | esplosivo da innesco (initiatory explosive), angheria (initiation, initiatory ragging). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | initiatoryay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | introdutrio, inicial (initial), preparatrio, preliminar (preliminary). (various references) | |
Romanian | introductiv (initiative, introductive, introductory), preliminar (initiative, introductory, preliminary, preparative, tentative), pregãtitor (preparative, preparatory), de iniţiere (initiative). (various references) | |
Russian | относящийся к посвящению, начальный (inceptive). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | inicijativan, uvodni (introductory, opening, precursory, prelusive). (various references) | |
Spanish | iniciador (initiator, pioneer). (various references) | |
Swedish | inlednings- (introductory, opening), inledande (initial, prefatory), elementar-, elementär (elementary, elemental). (various references) | |
Thai | ริเริ่ม (initiate). (various references) | |
Turkish | ilk (early, elementary, first, initial, initiative, maiden, preliminary, premier, primal, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, pristine, proto-, the very first), başlatan (initiative, opener), başlangıç ile ilgili. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зв'язаний з посвяченням, початковий (a.b.c., arch-, archetypal, basic, elemental, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, infant, initial, initiative, institutional, opening, original, originary, primary, prime, primordial, protoplastic). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mở đầu (inceptive, opening, preliminary, prelusive), bắt đầu (inceptive, inchoative, initiative, opening), đầu để vỡ lòng, để khai tâm để kết nạp; để thụ giáo. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Initiatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: invitiatory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-i-n-o-r-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: initiator. | |
-2 letters: antiriot. | |
-3 letters: introit, trinity. | |
-4 letters: aroint, aroynt, attorn, intort, notary, ration, ratton, titian, triton, tyrant, yttria. | |
-5 letters: atony, intro, irony, natty, nitro, nitty, noria, ottar, rainy, ratio, ratty, rayon, riant, taint, tanto, tarot, tarty, titan, torii, train, trait, trona. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-i-n-o-r-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: intimidatory. | |
+3 letters: irrationality. | |
+4 letters: directionality, intolerability. | |
+5 letters: antirationality, contractibility. | |
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