initiation   (TTS Sound)

The noun initiation has 4 senses

• initiation, induction, installation -- (a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame")


• initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration -- (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society")


• knowledgeability, knowledgeableness, initiation -- (wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; "his knowledgeability impressed me"; "his dullness was due to lack of initiation")


• trigger, induction, initiation -- (an act that sets in motion some course of events)