initiating
Getting things going
Initiating is the present participle of initiate, capturing the moment of beginning or setting something in motion.
When you're initiating a conversation, you're the one who starts it; initiating a process means you're the one who gets it going.
The word often implies deliberate action and some degree of authority or agency: The company is initiating layoffs next month.
In formal contexts, initiating can also refer to introducing someone into a group or organization through ceremony or ritual.
Causing to activate
- catalyzingSpeeding a reaction
- activationSetting into operation
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- sparkingEmitting small flames
enabling · setting off · starting up · switching on · engaging · prompting · actuating · mobilizing
Creating an organization originally
- institutingFormally beginning or establishing
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- originatingComing into existence
- creatingMaking something new
launching · setting up · introducing · inaugurating · spearheading · trailblazing · chartering · organizing
Founding moment
- genesisPoint of creation
- outsetInitial point of something
- onsetStarting point of something
- dawnDay's first glow
origin · threshold · advent · commencement · kickoff · starting point · birth · nascence
Receiving others warmly
- admittingConfessing or granting entry
- enrollingFormally joining an organization
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- installingPutting into position
investing · introducing · orienting · onboarding · receiving · ceremonial · rite · ritual
Mocking someone persistently
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- tormentingCausing severe distress
- prankingPlaying harmless tricks
- subjugationForcing into submission
triggering
Causing to activate
- catalyzingSpeeding a reaction
- activationSetting into operation
- ignitionStarting combustion process
sparking · enabling · setting off · starting up · switching on · engaging · prompting · actuating · mobilizing · energizing
founding
Creating an organization originally
- institutingFormally beginning or establishing
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- originatingComing into existence
creating · launching · setting up · introducing · inaugurating · spearheading · trailblazing · chartering · organizing · forming
inception
Founding moment
dawn · origin · threshold · advent · commencement · kickoff · starting point · birth · nascence · groundwork
welcoming
Receiving others warmly
- admittingConfessing or granting entry
- enrollingFormally joining an organization
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
installing · investing · introducing · orienting · onboarding · receiving · ceremonial · rite · ritual · oath
ragging
Mocking someone persistently
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- tormentingCausing severe distress
- prankingPlaying harmless tricks
- creatingcreating, inventing, producing, generating, making
- initiativetake action, go for it, take the lead, proactive, act now
- fiddlingfiddling, fiddle, fiddler, fiddle tune, fiddle tunes
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- winter sportsskiing, skating, snowboarding, hockey, sledding
- achievementaccomplished, accomplishing, achieved, achievement, accomplishment
initiatingending
Final portion of something
concluding · finishing · terminating · completing · closing
initiatingstopping
Ceasing to continue
halting · ceasing · discontinuing · abolishing · canceling
initiatingfollowing
Coming after another
responding · reacting · receiving · joining · participating
- take the initiativeBegin action independently
- taking initiativeActing without external direction
- seizes the initiativeActs first to control situation
- public health initiativesPrograms protecting population wellbeing
- gang initiationEntry ritual for crime group
- ballot initiativesVoter-decided policy questions