Betekenis van initiative In het Nederlands

• 0 a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem:

  • The peace initiative was welcomed by both sides.

• 1 the ability to use your judgment to make decisions and do things without needing to be told what to do:

  • Although she was quite young, she showed a lot of initiative and was promoted to manager after a year.

  • I shouldn't always have to tell you what to do, use your initiative (= use your own judgment to decide what to do)!

• 2 the power or opportunity to win an advantage:

  • to seize/take/lose the initiative

• 3 the ability to judge what needs to be done and take action, esp. without suggestion from other people:

  • Lisa showed initiative on the job and was soon promoted.

• 4 a new attempt to achieve a goal or solve a problem, or a new method for doing this:

  • The defense secretary announced a major initiative to upgrade our military preparedness.

• 5 a new plan or action to improve something or solve a problem:

  • a marketing/cost-cutting initiative

  • a diplomatic/peace initiative

  • an education/environmental/economic initiative

• 6 the ability to use your own judgment to make decisions without asking another person's advice:

  • take/seize/lose the initiative The group's legal advisers said they were taking the initiative to tackle online privacy issues.

  • Candidates for the job must be capable of working on their own initiative.