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.

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. / In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

plural of initiative

(nonstandard) On one's own initiative; without being prompted

plural of initialization

One who, or that which, initializes. / (programming) A routine that prepares something for use.

plural of initializer

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initialize

plural of initiation

present participle of initialize