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self-initiate

self-initiate verb: to begin or facilitate by oneself.

Verb

self-initiate (third-person singular simple present self-initiates, present participle self-initiating, simple past and past participle self-initiated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To begin or facilitate by oneself.

Forms of self-initiate

third-person singular presentself-initiates
present participleself-initiating
past participleself-initiated
pastself-initiated

Words formed from self-initiate

Questions about self-initiate

What does self-initiate mean?
Self-initiate means to begin or facilitate by oneself.
What part of speech is self-initiate?
Self-initiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-initiate?
The past tense of self-initiate is self-initiated.

Words near self-initiate in the dictionary

  1. self-indulgences
  2. self-indulgent
  3. self-indulgently
  4. self-infection
  5. self-inflicted
  6. self-initiate
  7. self-initiated
  8. self-initiates
  9. self-initiating
  10. self-initiation
  11. self-initiations

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