Speakur

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seized the initiative

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
seized the ini-tia-tive
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of seize the initiative

Questions

What does seized the initiative mean?
simple past and past participle of seize the initiative

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