initiative
Meanings
Plural: initiatives
Noun
- readiness to embark on bold new ventures
- the first of a series of actions
- 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.
- An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Adjective Satellite
- serving to set in motion
- "the initiative phase in the negotiations"
Adj
- Serving to initiate.
- In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
Origin / Etymology
From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, to initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). By surface analysis, initiate + -ive.
Synonyms
enterprise, enterprisingness, first, first step, go-ahead, inaugural, inceptive, initiatory, introductory, maiden, opening, opening move, preliminary
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
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