No Matter How You Say It: Initiative
Word Origin
The word initiative is derived from the Latin word initiare which means “to begin, to originate”. Can you see how initiative is getting something started?
Sign Language
Check out the following links from www.handspeak.com for the American Sign Language interpretation of the words:
Idioms
take the initiative
to do something
on (one’s) own initiative
Without prompting or direction from others;
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