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initiative

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

The willingness and ability to begin useful action without waiting to be directed.

She showed initiative by drafting an agenda before the group met.

Dictionary practice example.

While classmates waited for instructions about a fictional campus puzzle archive, Farah showed initiative by listing the unsorted boxes and proposing a first inspection.

From Organizing a Shared Investigation.

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