initiative
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From French initiative < Mediaeval Latin *initiativus (“‘serving to initiate’”) < Late Latin initiare (“‘to begin, L. initiate’”) < Latin initium (“‘beginning’”).
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initiative (plural initiatives)
- A beginning; a first move.
- A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
- The ability to act first or on one's own.
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a beginning; a first move
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a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
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the ability to act first or on one's own
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[edit] External links
- initiative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- initiative in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- initiative at OneLook® Dictionary Search
