initiative
In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
Adjective 1 meaning
In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
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.
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INITIATIVE at a glance
INITIATIVE has 10 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + I 1 + T 1 + I 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,812 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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