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Saltos de línea: ini¦tia|tive
Pronunciación: /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv

Definición de initiative en inglés:


1 [mass noun] The ability to assess and initiate things independently: use your initiative, imagination, and common sense
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enterprise, inventiveness, resourcefulness, capability;
imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, originality, creativity;
informal get-up-and-go, zing, push, pep, zip, punch, pizzazz
2 [in singular] The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do: anti-hunting groups have seized the initiative in the dispute
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advantage, upper hand, edge, lead, whip hand, trump card;
first step, first move, first blow, opening move, opening gambit, gambit;
beginning, start, commencement
3An act or strategy intended to resolve a difficulty or improve a situation; a fresh approach to something: a new initiative against car crime
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plan, scheme, strategy, stratagem, measure, technique, proposal, step, action, act, manoeuvre, gambit;
3.1A proposal made by one nation to another in an attempt to improve relations: a Middle East peace initiative
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  • The US has a history of proposing peace initiatives without real sincerity as a political tactic.
  • He added that he was a hopeful a new peace initiative to improve relations with Pakistan and India would succeed.
  • Saudi Arabia has introduced a peace initiative on behalf of the Palestinians that has been embraced by most of the Arab states.
4 (the initiative) (Especially in Switzerland and some US states) the right of citizens outside the legislature to originate legislation.
Example sentences
  • Every state constitution has been amended far more often by the legislature than by initiative.
  • Any statewide initiative implementation that includes the above elements will be a usable citizen initiative process.


late 18th century: from French, from Latin initiare, from initium 'beginning'.


on one's own initiative

Without being prompted by others: an activity in which the nurse acts on her own initiative
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  • Managers need to be in the position where they can rely on their team to act on their own initiative, providing them with the authority to do so.
  • Elsewhere, many individual hospitals have acted on their own initiative or in association with groups such as the international network towards smoke free hospitals or the European network for smoke free hospitals.
  • Acting on their own initiative, farm households strive to stabilize their incomes largely through diversification of their income-producing portfolio.

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