Definition of "initiates" []

• Plural form of initiate. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initiate. (verb)

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• "Starting to type a term initiates a search for that term on the phone."
• "There, the president will propose long-term initiates, promoting alternative energy."
• "The secretion of acetylcholine alters the properties of the muscle cell membrane, brings about the influx of sodium ion, and, in short, initiates a wave of depolarization just like that which takes place in a nerve cell."