Initiative | Mean of initiative in English Dictionary

/ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/

• Noun
• the power or opportunity to do something before others do
1. If you want to meet her, you're going to have to take the initiative and introduce yourself.
2. The company has the opportunity to seize the initiative by getting its new products to the market before its competitors.
3. By failing to get its products to the market on schedule, the company has lost the initiative (to its competitors).
• the energy and desire that is needed to do something
1. She has ability but lacks initiative. [=drive]
2. I'm doing this on my own initiative. [=because I want to]
3. You should use your own initiative to come up with a solution.
• a plan or program that is intended to solve a problem
1. The governor has proposed a new initiative to improve conditions in urban schools.
2. anti-poverty initiatives