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INITIATIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first of a series of actions
Synonyms:
first step; initiative; opening; opening move
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("initiative" is a kind of...):
beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "initiative"):
curtain raiser (any preliminary activity)
first base (the initial stage in accomplishing something)
peace initiative (opening move in negotiating a peace treaty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Readiness to embark on bold new ventures
Synonyms:
enterprise; enterprisingness; go-ahead; initiative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("initiative" is a kind of...):
drive (the trait of being highly motivated)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to set in motion
Example:
the liner's maiden voyage
Synonyms:
first; inaugural; initiative; initiatory; maiden
Classified under:
Similar:
opening (first or beginning)
Derivation:
initiate (set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for)
initiate (bring into being)
Context examples:
The main areas of support include: cost and cost-effectiveness analyses of programs and initiatives, quality of life and functional status assessment, psychosocial outcome and satisfaction evaluation, survey design and research, and simulation modeling.
(Cancer Clinical and Economic Outcomes Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
The objective of this initiative is to ensure that the most important biomarker, imaging, and quality of life studies can be initiated in a timely manner in association with late phase clinical trials.
(Biomarker Imaging Quality of Life Studies Funding Program, NCI Thesaurus)
New initiatives such as the Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast are designed to help farmers apply fertilizer at optimum times to limit nutrient runoff to the Gulf.
(Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA)
I was aware of the demand for action, and, my old helplessness strong upon me, I was waiting for him to take the initiative.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
These include self-guided or group psychological interventions, training for families and school staff, community mental health programmes and initiatives to prevent substance abuse, self-harm and suicide.
(Half of mental health disorders arise in adolescence, SciDev.Net)
It fulfills its mission to 'advance science and serve society' through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more.
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, NCI Thesaurus)
This initiative is intended to advance the state-of-the-art in digital mammography displays and workstation design to facilitate clinical acceptance and implementation of digital mammography for improved breast cancer diagnosis.
(Development and Testing of Digital Mammography Displays and Workstations, NCI Thesaurus)
What matters is that you consistently build on that first initiative.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
To qualify as extraordinary opportunities these research initiatives must: Respond to important recent developments in knowledge and technology; Offer approaches to cancer research beyond the size, scope, and funding of our current research activities; Be implemented with specific, defined investments; Be described in terms of achievable milestones, with clear consequences for not investing; and Promise advances for making progress against all cancers.
(Extraordinary Opportunities for Investment, NCI Thesaurus)
Initiative sponsored by NCI in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) designed to help reduce the administrative burden on local IRBs and investigators while continuing a high level of protection for human research participants.
(Central Institutional Review Board, NCI Thesaurus)
