initiatives

Meanings

• Noun

  Plans or actions intended to bring about a desired outcome.

  - "The company's new initiatives to reduce costs have been successful."
  - "The government's initiatives to improve education have been met with resistance."

• Noun or Verb

  The act of initiating or starting something.

  - "The employee was given the initiative to lead the project."
  - "The new employee took the initiative to introduce herself to her colleagues."

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Synonyms

direct initiative

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with initiatives
beginnings , givenchy , riveties

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Variants

List of all variants of initiatives that leads to same result
initiative , initiatives , on her own initiative , on his own initiative , on its own initiative , on my own initiative , on one's own initiative , on our own initiative , on their own initiative , on your own initiative

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Forms

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initializations, initiative-taker, initiatives-based

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Etymology

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The term 'initiatives' comes from the Latin word 'initium', which means 'beginning'.

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Trivia

Any details, considerations, events or pieces of information regarding the word

1. The term 'initiatives' is often used in politics to refer to proposed laws or policies.

2. In some organizations, employees are encouraged to submit their own initiatives for consideration and implementation.

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Related Concepts

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1. enterprise: Initiatives are often associated with enterprise, as they involve taking risks and investing resources to bring about a desired outcome.

2. innovation: Initiatives are also closely related to innovation, as they involve introducing new ideas, processes, or products.

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. … on the day before their Club Med flight she took the "initiative" of telephoning Franco from work, ostensibly to tell him that she had really admired his new place …

   - John Barth,{it}Atlantic{/it},March 1995

2. Following "initiatives" begun before the First World War, thirty-four states instituted or expanded workers' compensation laws in the 1920s.

   - Mary Beth Norton et al.,{it}A People and a Nation{/it},1988

3. Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life will be improved more by changes in society than by his own "initiative."

   - Shelby Steele,{it}Harper's{/it},June 1988

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Culture

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In literature, initiatives are often portrayed as bold actions taken by individuals or groups to bring about change. For example, in Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar', Brutus and his co-conspirators take the initiative to assassinate Caesar in order to prevent him from becoming a tyrant.

How to Memorize "initiatives"

1. visualize
   

   - To visualize initiatives, imagine a group of people brainstorming and coming up with new ideas and plans to bring about change.

2. associate
   

   - To associate initiatives with the idea of starting something new, you could remember the phrase 'initiatives begin with a single step'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - A mnemonic for remembering the meaning of initiatives could be 'Initiatives: I'm Not Idle, Taking Action'.

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