Hyphenation of initiate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word initiate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ini-ti-ate

Definitions of initiate:

1.	Someone new to a field or activity
2.	Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
3.	People who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity It is very familiar to the initiate
4.	Bring into being He initiated a new program Start a foundation
5.	Take the lead or initiative in Participate in the development of This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
6.	Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite African men are initiated when they reach puberty
7.	Bring up a topic for discussion
8.	Set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II

Synonyms of initiate:

noun	novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, unskilled person
noun	learned person, pundit, savant, scholar, scholarly person, student
noun	enlightened, people
verb	originate, start, make, create
verb	pioneer, cause, do, make
verb	induct, admit, let in, include
verb	broach, hash out, discuss, talk over
verb	lead up, originate, start

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.