"initiative" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's good to see someone take the initiative and start doing something about this problem."
        },
        {
          "text": "It appears that the army was acting on its own initiative and not on orders from the president."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you have or take the initiative, you are in control and can decide what to do next."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're looking to hire somebody with initiative because I won't be able to supervise them much."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If you have initiative, you do things without needing to be told to do them."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The town has no new initiatives to deal with garbage."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An initiative is an effort to start doing something to solve a problem."
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    },
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        "plural"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's good to see someone take the initiative and start doing something about this problem."
        },
        {
          "text": "It appears that the army was acting on its own initiative and not on orders from the president."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you have or take the initiative, you are in control and can decide what to do next."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're looking to hire somebody with initiative because I won't be able to supervise them much."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you have initiative, you do things without needing to be told to do them."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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        "Countable nouns"
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        {
          "text": "The town has no new initiatives to deal with garbage."
        }
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        "An initiative is an effort to start doing something to solve a problem."
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