Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who initiates.

    Initiator, Initiatorin

    инициа́торiniciátor, основополо́жникosnovopolóžnik

    ініціа́торiniciátor, ініціа́торкаiniciátorka, зачина́тельzačynátelʹ

    a person who initiates a course of action

  2. A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.

    Initiator

  3. A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to start the chain reaction.

  4. A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.

  5. A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Zamenhof, the initiator of Esperanto, is a benefactor of mankind!

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Translations

6 languages
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin initiātor. By surface analysis, initiate + or.

Borrowed from Latin initiātor. By surface analysis, initiate + or.

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Forms

plural: initiators
Singularinitiator
Pluralinitiators

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who initiates a course of action:instigator

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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