initiative
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Synonyms: initiate, initiation, imitative, instigative, initiating, initiatives, incitative, initialize, initiatic, initialise
Antonyms: initiate, initiation, imitative, instigative, initiating, initiatives, incitative, initialize, initiatic, initialise
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Adjective
- {{lb|en|archaic}} Serving to [[initiate]].
- {{lb|en|US}} In which [[voter]] [[#Noun|initiative]]s can be brought to the ballot.
Noun
- A [[beginning]]; a first move.
- A new [[development]]; a fresh [[approach]] to something; a new way of dealing with a [[problem]].
- The [[ability]] to act first or on one's own.
- {{senseid|en|politics}} {{lb|en|politics}} An issue to be [[vote]]d on, brought to the ballot by a [[sufficient]] number of signatures from among the voting [[public]].
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