Initiative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
  2. readiness and ability in initiating action; enterprise: to lack initiative.
  3. one's personal, responsible decision: to act on one's own initiative.
  4. Government.
    • a procedure by which a specified number of voters may propose a statute, constitutional amendment, or ordinance, and compel a popular vote on its adoption.
    • the general right or ability to present a new bill or measure, as in a legislature.
adjective
  1. of or relating to formal admission or acceptance into a club or other group; signifying an initiation: The secret society's initiative events are best left undescribed.
  2. serving to set in motion or initiate; introductory; beginning: Initiative steps were taken to stop manufacture of the drug.
noun
  1. the first step or action of a matter; commencing move
  2. the right or power to begin or initiate something
  3. the ability or attitude required to begin or initiate something
  4. government
    • the right or power to introduce legislation, etc, in a legislative body
    • the procedure by which citizens originate legislation, as in many American states and Switzerland
  5. without being prompted
adjective
  1. of or concerning initiation or serving to initiate; initiatory
Initiative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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