Initiative definition
The action of taking the first step or making the first move; responsibility for beginning or originating.
noun
A beginning or introductory step; an opening move.
Took the initiative in trying to solve the problem.
noun
Used to initiate; initiatory.
adjective
Of or relating to initiation.
adjective
The characteristic of originating new ideas or methods; ability to think and act without being urged; enterprise.
noun
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The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.
noun
Initiative is defined as the act of taking the first step.
An example of initiative is going to the city council with a new idea.
noun
The power or right to introduce a new legislative measure.
noun
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The right and procedure by which citizens can propose a law by petition and ensure its submission to the electorate.
noun
The right of a legislature to introduce new legislation on some specified matter.
noun
The procedure by which such matters are introduced, usually by a petition signed by a specified percentage of the voters.
noun
Of, or having the nature of, initiation; introductory; initial.
adjective
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The definition of initiative is the nature to take the first step in something.
An example of initiative is someone who is always first to start a new project.
adjective
The right of a group of citizens to introduce a matter for legislation either to the legislature or directly to the voters.
noun
An electoral process available in some states in which citizens vote on proposed legislation.
noun
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
noun
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
adjective
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on (one's) own initiative
- Without prompting or direction from others; on one's own.
idiom
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
initiative
Plural:
initiativesIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
on (one's) own initiative
Origin of initiative
- From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, Latin initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”).
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