initiative
118
3.5
- noun
- /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
:
iniciativa
- The manager praised her for taking the initiative to improve the team’s workflow.
- take initiative
- individual initiative
- personal initiative
What I mean by take initiative, you know, do the extra work.
- What I mean by take initiative, you know, do the extra work.
- More people who can drive growth, who can take initiative, it sees opportunities, right?
- Some of them have quite a bit of initiative of their own.
- How so Entrepreneurship, if you look at the definition, is about taking initiative and risk.
- A leader being able to be assertive and take initiative is huge.
- Because you've got to realise that you show initiative.
- You're going to you're going to burden yourself with being the one who, again, takes more initiative, shows more ambition.
- He took his talent and his initiative to bring life to it and to make it a masterpiece.
- Now granted, I would much rather that this man take an initiative and say, what can I take off your plate?
- Not inconsistent good values since President Hawkfield at that point of time stressed mighty initiative.
- Yeah, I what I like is what you've started to do as well as other students is taking initiative.
- That characteristic, that pluck, that initiative, the resourcefulness was not suffocated by slavery.
Examples
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The kids took the initiative themselves.
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Middle schoolers enjoy taking leadership and initiative, and they generally enjoy working in small groups.
Academic text (1990) -
And now he will still have to make some kind of initiative to push things along.
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Some of them have quite a bit of initiative of their own.
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People like to see a little initiative.
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I'm impressed that you took the initiative to go there and get it.
Fiction book (2001) -
The author encourages school leaders to take this initiative and implement a reform agenda.
Academic text (1990) -
The new work structures were thus hailed for promoting individual initiative, creativity, and a sense of purpose.
Academic text (2012) -
His initiative in organizing the charity event inspired others to get involved.
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By showing such initiative, she demonstrated her readiness to tackle new challenges.
Synonyms
72
3.9
The ability to take risks and try new things
1
4.6
A strong wish to start new projects
1
6.5
Willingness to act quickly and take initiative
Being willing to try and start new or difficult projects
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A program that teaches people new skills and helps them change their behaviour
A secret Italian left-wing group known for bombings in Rome between 2000 and 2002
How Proactive
72
3.9
118
3.5
65
2.7
194
2.8
171
5.0
9
6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Initiative comes from the same Latin root initium 'beginning', the same root behind initiate and initial. So a person with initiative is someone who can 'begin' things on their own and take the first step.