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Initiative

Meanings and phrases

initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
adj.
  1. serving to set in motion; inaugural; initiatory; first; maiden

initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. readiness to embark on bold new ventures; enterprise; enterprisingness; go-ahead
  2. the first of a series of actions; first step; opening move; opening

Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002; Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus; NIPR

peace initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. opening move in negotiating a peace treaty

own initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • He retained the ability to exercise executive powers on his own initiative alone.
  • Acting on my own initiative, I simply put the women's camp under his jurisdiction.
  • Eventually, they decided to start their own initiative, The Jack Project, in April 2010.

took the initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • On 18 February 1907 Marcelin Albert took the initiative to send a telegram to Georges Clemenceau.
  • In the second period the Saints took the initiative and were rewarded with another goal from Troisi.
  • The Labour Party took the initiative but the Conservatives took the lead in the Education Act of 1944.

ballot initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The ballot initiative amends the Constitution of Arizona.
  • The legislation is connected to a ballot initiative in Arizona.
  • The ballot initiative was approved by a majority (52%) of voters.

joint initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • ICSBM - Latrun is the joint initiative of SPNI and the Tel Aviv University.
  • It was built in 1955 in a joint initiative with the UK for weapon development.
  • NESCC is a joint initiative to identify and respond to the current need for standards in the nuclear industry.

new initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Over 500 children at the school are set to benefit from this new initiative.
  • In 2010, Freedom to Create launched a new initiative, the Freedom to Create Forum.
  • Shibadong Village became a testing ground for the new initiative in since Xi's investigation.

initiative called

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • A non-profit initiative called Go Plog!
  • Kalemis has formed a charitable initiative called Alpha Card Cares.
  • The online service marketplace, in March 2019, launched an initiative called Empower.

take the initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Learning of this, Miguel decided to instead take the initiative.
  • However, a few individual Missionary Benedictine monks did take the initiative.
  • Some district employees convinced Chetty to take the initiative and start a Hindu school.

popular initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • A popular initiative to this effect was repudiated in 1900 and again in 1942.
  • The second was held on 8 December on a popular initiative on the "right to work", and was also rejected.
  • The third was held on 20 April on a popular initiative on a "commodity sales tax", and was rejected by 81% of voters.

private initiative

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • It wanted to protect private property and encourage private initiative.
  • At the start, the country's tourism and its development was for the most part dependent on private initiative.
  • Despite this, some towns, like Alcácer do Sal in 1217, were conquered from the Moors by the private initiative of noblemen.
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