initiative

== English == === Etymology === From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, to initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). By surface analysis, initiate +‎ -ive. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɪˈniʃjeʈɪv/ Rhymes: -ɪʃətɪv === Adjective === initiative (not comparable) (archaic) Serving to initiate. Synonyms: inceptive, initiatory, introductory, preliminary (US) In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot. Antonym: noninitiative a. 2008, John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 122 [4]: 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. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === initiative (countable and uncountable, plural initiatives) 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. (politics) An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public. Hyponym: direct initiative ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “initiative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “initiative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “initiative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, Latin initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ni.sja.tiv/ === Noun === initiative f (plural initiatives) initiative prendre l'initiative ― to take the initiative faire preuve d'initiative ― to show initiative ==== Derived terms ==== syndicat d'initiative === Further reading === “initiative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012