initiation
noun
formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
initiations
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pluralof initiation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The initiations from JPMorgan, Bank of America, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Jefferies frame Forgent as a play on one of the tightest bottlenecks in the AI buildout: electrical distribution equipment.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
We want to be clear, initiations have no place at Cardiff University and we reserve the right to investigate using our student conduct regulations.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
In Candomblé, which mixes Yoruba, Fon and Bantu beliefs, initiations typically require people to remain secluded for around 21 days: “I had no way of contacting the outside world.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Neither John Smith nor Powhatan understood or accepted their initiations.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
“Well, yeah. You’ve got one of the worst initiations, and there’s that whole old-age thing.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
