initiate
verb (used with object)
to begin, set going, or originate.
will have initiated
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future perfectof initiate.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Yet if Africans and Americans come away from this presidential adventure with even a little of the "mutual regard and mutual respect" Clinton called for, he will have initiated an important turning point indeed.
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