initiative /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/noun 4adjective 2forms 1phrases 1 noun4 •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. adjective2 •(US) In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot. •(no longer used) Serving to initiate.suspected! that indefinite word, which was tortured into every meaning of injustice and oppression, and became what the French call the mot de ralliement, the initiative term of captivity and death — 1795 formsinitiatives Phrases with initiative take the initiativeto take action first or on one's own; to make the first move
