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单词 initiative
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initiative

See also: Initiative

English

Etymology

From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, Latin initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃətɪv

Adjective

initiative (not comparable)

  1. Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
  2. In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
    • a. 2008, John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 122 :
      The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.

Antonyms

  • noninitiative

Translations

Noun

initiative (countable and uncountable, plural initiatives)

  1. A beginning; a first move.
  2. A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
  3. The ability to act first or on one's own.
  4. (politics) An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
    Hyponym: direct initiative

Derived terms

  • direct initiative
  • initial
  • initialism
  • initialization
  • initialize
  • initiate
  • initiation

Translations

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Further reading

  • initiative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • initiative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • initiative at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

From *Medieval Latin initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, Latin initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ni.sja.tiv/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

initiative f (plural initiatives)

  1. initiative
    • Prendre l'initiative.

Derived terms

  • syndicat d'initiative

Further reading

  • “initiative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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