initiative
IPA: ɪnˈɪʃʌtɪv
noun
- 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.
- (politics) An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
adjective
- Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
- In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
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Examples of "initiative" in Sentences
- The initiative hit snags from the beginning.
- It introduced the initiative and the referendum.
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