0 a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem:
1 the ability to use your judgment to make decisions and do things without needing to be told what to do:
2 the power or opportunity to win an advantage:
3 the ability to judge what needs to be done and take action, esp. without suggestion from other people:
4 a new attempt to achieve a goal or solve a problem, or a new method for doing this:
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:
The German leadership lauded the Russian initiative.
The UN called on all parties in the conflict to take a positive stance towards the new peace initiative.
Joe Walker will be spearheading our new marketing initiative.
The initiative has across-the-board support.
He began his lecture by talking down the initiatives of a rival company.
Works that were centrally planned and assigned, moreover, had a better chance of seeing print than did books written on personal initiative.
A system of rewards for civilian assistance to the police was one such initiative.
This can make study findings appear redundant as the health service rushes on to experiment with the next new initiative.
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新措施, 倡議, 判斷…
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新措施, 倡议, 判断…
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iniciativa, iniciativa [feminine, singular]…
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iniciativa, empreendimento…
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(問題解決の)戦略, 自発性…
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girişim, teşebbüs, kendi kendine karar verebilme kabiliyeti…
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(esprit [masculine] d’) initiative, initiative [feminine], initiative…
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