Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taken the initiative

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
tak-en the ini-tia-tive
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does taken the initiative mean?
past participle of take the initiative

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