Initiative

Quick meaning: Initiative is an adjective meaning (US) In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

Meaning

(US) In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

More Meanings

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.
5. (archaic) Serving to initiate.

Example Sentences

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

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.

Not only are all religions welcome at the Voice Community Kitchen, but experts also say such initiatives could be key to improving ethnoreligious engagement and lead to better conflict mediation in the future.

The success of that initiative dish: that first experiment of hers in cookery: was so entire, so unalloyed and perfect, that John Westlock and Tom agreed she must have been studying the art in secret for a long time past;

Word Forms

• initiatives

Synonyms for initiative

Depending on context, synonyms include inceptive, initiatory, introductory, preliminary, maiden, opening.

Antonyms for initiative

Common opposites include noninitiative.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include initiatory, inaugural, go-ahead, first, enterprise, opening.

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