initiative - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'initiative' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Initiative

[ a.]

- Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

2 . Initiative

[ n.]

- An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
- The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.

Meaning of 'initiative' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . initiative

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- serving to set in motion

Example in sentence:

an initiatory step toward a treaty;
his first (or maiden) speech in Congress;
the initiative phase in the negotiations;
the liner's maiden voyage;
the magazine's inaugural issue

Nearby Words:

inia inial inimaginable inimical inimicality inimically inimicitious inimicous inimitability inimitable

See 'initiative' also in:

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Initiative-versus-inferiority stage
According to Erikson, the period during which children ages 3 to 6 years’ experience conflict between independence of action and the

Categories

Browse Dictionary