Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seizing the initiative

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables
seiz-ing the ini-tia-tive
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of seize the initiative

Questions

What does seizing the initiative mean?
present participle and gerund of seize the initiative

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