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initiative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | first, inaugural, initiatory, maiden |
| Derivation | initiate |
the initiative phase in the negotiations.
initiative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead |
| Type of | drive |
initiative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | first step, opening, opening move |
| Type of | beginning, commencement, start |
| Has types | peace initiative, curtain raiser, first base |
Examples of initiative
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Any full-day initiative would take place no sooner than the 2012-13 school year.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The initiative was especially popular among Denver lawyers and dentists offices.
From the time.com
The tool being used is our un-Democratic and poorly conceived initiative system.
From the forbes.com
You have to work under your own initiative so you definitely need to determined.
From the newscientist.com
The initiative is one of several environmental efforts in a sustainability plan.
From the dispatch.com
If you want to expand your business, then HSBC's networking initiative can help.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The initiative results from Tuesday also were disastrous from a GOP perspective.
From the ocregister.com
She helped start a local initiative when her husband was the mayor of Anchorage.
From the kentucky.com
The education initiative the governor unveiled Wednesday is even more ambitious.
From the freep.com
- Enterprise: readiness to embark on bold new ventures
- Inaugural: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
- First step: the first of a series of actions
- The Initiative is a fictional secret government organization in the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
- Initiative in a chess position belongs to the player who can make threats that cannot be ignored. He thus puts his opponent in the position of having to use his turns responding to threats rather than making his own. ...
- The Fifty State Initiative, often referred to as simply The Initiative, is a fictional governmental plan that appears in the Marvel Comics universe. Its purpose is to provide a superhero team in every state of the United States after the conclusion of Civil War.
- An initiative represents an enterprise's readiness to embark on a new venture. Generally speaking, the motivation for an initiative arises from a desire to accomplish something that would benefit the enterprise, such as improving productivity, reducing costs or increasing market share.
- In role-playing games and some table-top wargames, a character's initiative is a statistic (either derived or not) which determines the order in which player characters take actions, especially during combat or other forms of conflict resolution.
- 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; In which voter initiatives ...
