INITIALIZES Synonyms

• set up or found

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• institute, enact, or establish

• bring about

• place

• build or establish something abstract

• use as a basis for; found on

• provoke or stir up

• serve as the inciting cause of

• cause to come to know personally

• bring something new to an environment

• place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

• bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

• bring in or establish in a new place or environment

• put or introduce into something

• bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.

• put before (a body)

• furnish with a preface or introduction

• be a precursor of

• a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

• the act of propelling with force

• set up or found

• propel with force

• launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage

• begin with vigor

• get going; give impetus to

• smoothen the surface of

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• bring into being

• begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

• arrange by systematic planning and united effort

• educate for a future role or function

• create by training and teaching

• lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord

• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

• of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers

• a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.

• the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest

• first in rank or degree

• used of the first or originating agent

• of superior grade

• being at the best stage of development

• insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• fill with priming liquid

• the beginning of anything

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

• a sudden involuntary movement

• the act of starting something

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• a signal to begin (as in a race)

• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• depart for someplace

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• bring into being

• get off the ground

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• get going or set in motion

• begin or set in motion

• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

• play in the starting lineup

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• bulge outward

• assign an initial value to a computer program

• divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

• the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

• the general appearance of a publication

• set (printed matter) into a specific format

• determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)

• divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data