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The initiative

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Definition

initiative /Ç'nÇʃǝtÇv/ n ၁။ [C] ပဏာမေျခလွမ္း။ a United Nations peace initiative ❍ It is hoped that the government's latest initiative will bring the strike to an end. ၂။ the initiative [sing] လက္ဦးမႈ။ The company seized/ took the initiative in opening up markets in Eastern Europe. ❍ The London side lost the initiative early on in the match. ၃။ [U] ( approv ) ကိုယ္စြမ္းကိုယ္စ။ ပင္ကို အရည္အခ်င္း။ ကိုယ္ပိုင္ဉာဏ္။ He lacks the necessary initiative to be a leader. ❍ The child showed/ displayed great initiative in phoning the police. ❍ She did it on her own initiative (ie without anyone telling her to do it).

Examples

  1. Mr Hills showed initiative and bravery when dealing with a dangerous situation.
  2. [use your initiative] : Employees are encouraged to use their initiative if faced with a problem.
  3. [on your own initiative] : He developed the plan on his own initiative.
  4. A number of initiatives designed to address the problem of child poverty
  5. [take the initiative] : She would have to take the initiative in order to improve their relationship.
  6. [lose/gain/seize the initiative] : We have lost the initiative and allowed our opponents to dominate the discussion.