Definition of Initiating

1. Verb. (present participle of initiate) ¹

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Definition of Initiating

1. initiate [v] - See also: initiate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Initiating

initialized
initializer
initializers
initializes
initializing
initialled
initialling
initially
initialness
initialnesses
initials
initiand
initiate
initiated
initiates
initiating (current term)
initiating codon
initiation
initiation ceremonies
initiation ceremony
initiation codon
initiation complex
initiation factor
initiation factors
initiation tRNA
initiations
initiative
initiatives
initiator
initiatories

Literary usage of Initiating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical And Creative Thinking In Middle And by Matt Copeland (2005)
"A good initiating question has several characteristics, ... An overly general initiating question such as, What did you think of this piece? can cause more ..."

2. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"Strategies for initiating Abstinence During the first several weeks of treatment, most individuals stop or at least reduce their use of stimulants. ..."

3. Rural Sociology by John Morris Gillette (1922)
"WHERE RESPONSIBILITY FOR initiating COMMUNITY-BUILDING RESTS It is ... The question was not raised concerning the responsibility for initiating such changes ..."

4. Legislative Methods and Forms by Courtenay Ilbert (1901)
"THE right of initiating legislation belongs to every member Right of of Parliament2. Any member of either House can introduce |" isj*mg a Bill, ..."

5. Direct Legislation by the People by Nathan Cree (1892)
"To many it may seem more natural, however, to take the sense of the people as to initiating new measures, by providing that a given number or proportion of ..."

6. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"... 4 Psychosocial Risk Factors for initiating Tobacco Use Introduction 123 Initiation of Cigarette Smoking 124 Introduction 124 Developmental Stages of ..."

7. Dictionary of Historical Allusions by Harbottle, Thomas Benfield, d. 1904 (1904)
"initiating prosecutions as well as of judging, and there was no appeal from its decisions. The popular name of the State of Iowa, USA It is derived from a ..."

8. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"According to the letter of the law, however, the general convention is only an initiating body, and a three-fourths majority of the ..."

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