Word: initiative

Category: initiative

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Synonyms: initiative

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: initiative

initiative in spanish

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spanish
Translations:
iniciativa

initiative in german

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german
Translations:
unternehmungsgeist, initiative, eigeninitiative

initiative in french

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french
Translations:
initial, rudimentaire, élémentaire, initiative

initiative in italian

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italian
Translations:
iniziativa

initiative in dutch

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dutch
Translations:
initiatief

initiative in russian

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russian
Translations:
инициатива, начинание, самодеятельность, почин, предприимчивость

initiative in norwegian

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norwegian
Translations:
tiltak, initiativ

initiative in finnish

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finnish
Translations:
yritteliäisyys, aloite, aloitekyky

initiative in czech

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czech
Translations:
iniciativa, popud, počáteční

initiative in polish

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polish
Translations:
rzutkość, inicjatywa, inicjatywność

initiative in hungarian

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hungarian
Translations:
kezdemény

initiative in greek

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greek
Translations:
πρωτοβουλία

initiative in ukrainian

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ukrainian
Translations:
ініціація, інституцію, вступ, засновування, заклад

initiative in estonian

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estonian
Translations:
algatus

initiative in croatian

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croatian
Translations:
inicijativu, inicijativa

initiative in icelandic

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icelandic
Translations:
frumkvæði

initiative in latvian

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latvian
Translations:
ierosme, iniciatīva

initiative in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
iniţiativă

initiative in slovenian

Dictionary:
slovenian
Translations:
iniciativa

The meaning and "use of": initiative

noun
  • the ability to assess and initiate things independently. - use your initiative, imagination, and common sense
  • the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do. - we have lost the initiative and allowed our opponents to dictate the subject
  • an act or strategy intended to resolve a difficulty or improve a situation; a fresh approach to something. - a new initiative against car crime
  • (especially in some US states and Switzerland) the right of citizens outside the legislature to originate legislation. - Every state constitution has been amended far more often by the legislature than by initiative .

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