Dictionary Entry
initiative
initiative is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
- 2noun
An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
- 3noun
The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
- 4noun
the first of a series of actions
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- 5noun
readiness to embark on bold new ventures
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- 6adjective
serving to set in motion
"the magazine's inaugural issue"
"the initiative phase in the negotiations"
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