Initiative and Lead

Initiative

Initiative noun - Readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity.

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Lead and initiative are semantically related. in advantage topic. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Initiative".

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Initiative and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Initiative" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

human	human initiative	human lead
good	good initiative	good lead
high	high initiative	high lead
original	original initiative	original lead
Other adjectives: single, romantic, entire, real, massive, great, little, important, new, heroic, primary, several.

All Up to You: Taylor is forced to take the initiative and lead the fight against Behemoth as everyone else who could lead is either dead or incapacitated as the fight grows increasingly desperate.

Source: Literature / Worm
Also, in season 5, several of the 815ers join the Dharma Initiative and lead happy lives in the 1970s.

Source: Going Native
Squad members almost always follow his/your lead, though, and won't take the initiative unless ordered to, or until you do.

Source: Video Game / Battlefield 4

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