INITIATIVE OFFENSIVE

Meaning of INITIATIVE OFFENSIVE in English

attack initiated by the attacker

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

OFFENSIVE — adj offensive (1. pertaining to attack; 2. insulting); armas offensive offensive weapons, weapons of offense
Interlingua English vocab
OFFENSIVE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INITIATIVE — I. ə̇ˈnishə]d.iv, ]tiv sometimes -shēˌā] or -shēə] or -shtiv or -shtēv adjective Etymology: initiate + -ive : of or relating …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive …
Английский словарь Webster
OFFENSIVE — (a.) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
Английский словарь Webster
INITIATIVE — (n.) The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced or enacted directly by the people, as in the …
Английский словарь Webster
OFFENSIVE — ( a. ) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — ( a. ) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — — offensively , adv. — offensiveness , n. /euh fen"siv/ or, for 4, 5, /aw"fen-, of"en-/ , adj. 1. causing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INITIATIVE — — initiatively , adv. /i nish"ee euh tiv, i nish"euh-/ , n. 1. an introductory act or step; leading action: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — I. ə-ˈfen(t)-siv, especially for 1 ˈä-ˌfen(t)-, ˈȯ- adjective Date: circa 1564 1. a. : making attack : aggressive b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INITIATIVE — I. i-ˈni-shə-tiv also -shē-ə-tiv adjective Date: 1795 : of or relating to initiation : introductory , preliminary II. noun Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — adj giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. offensive ·adj giving pain or unpleasant sensations; …
Webster English vocab
INITIATIVE — noun an introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins. 2. initiative ·adj serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; …
Webster English vocab
INITIATIVE — [ini.tia.tive] adj (1795): of or relating to initiation: introductory, preliminary [2]initiative n (1793) 1: an introductory step "took the ~ …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OFFENSIVE — offensive BrE AmE ə ˈfen t s ɪv əʊ- —but in the sense 'relating to attack' also ˈɒf en t …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INITIATIVE — initiative BrE AmE ɪ ˈnɪʃ ət ɪv -ˈnɪʃ i‿ət ɪv AmE \ -ət̬ ɪv ▷ initiative|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — / əˈfensɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. offensive (to sb) rude in a way that causes you …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INITIATIVE — / ɪˈnɪʃətɪv; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — I. of ‧ fen ‧ sive 1 /əˈfensɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : OFFENSE/OFFENSE , ↑ offender …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INITIATIVE — i ‧ ni ‧ tia ‧ tive S3 W2 AC /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ BrE AmE noun 1 . DECISIONS [uncountable] the ability …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFFENSIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 giving or meant or likely to give offence; insulting (offensive language). 2 disgusting, foul-smelling, nauseous, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INITIATIVE — n. & adj. --n. 1 the ability to initiate things; enterprise (I'm afraid he lacks all initiative). 2 a first …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFFENSIVE — adj. & n. adj. 1 giving or meant or likely to give offence; insulting (offensive language). 2 disgusting, foul-smelling, nauseous, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INITIATIVE — n. & adj. n. 1 the ability to initiate things; enterprise (I'm afraid he lacks all initiative). 2 a first …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. giving or meant or likely to give offence; insulting (offensive language). 2 disgusting, foul-smelling, nauseous, …
Oxford English vocab
INITIATIVE — n. & adj. --n. 1. the ability to initiate things; enterprise (I'm afraid he lacks all initiative). 2 a first …
Oxford English vocab
OFFENSIVE — ( offensives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is offensive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INITIATIVE — ( initiatives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An initiative is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES all-out war/attack/offensive etc an offensive weapon (= one that can be used to attack …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INITIATIVE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bold initiative ▪ Investors have become used to the company’s bold initiatives. a diplomatic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — [adjective]Since the other side had taken offensive action (= attacked), we had no choice but to defend ourselves.It's against the …
Cambridge English vocab
INITIATIVE — (FIRST ACTION) [noun] [C] - the first action or movement, often intended to solve a problemThe talks form part of …
Cambridge English vocab
INITIATIVE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INITIATIVE — noun 1 new plan ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh , new ▪ fresh ~s to find a peaceful end to the conflict …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INITIATIVE — • ↑ on your own initiative • ↑ take the initiative
Longman Activator English vocab
OFFENSIVE — n. 25B6; adjective offensive remarks : INSULTING, rude, impertinent, insolent, derogatory, disrespectful, personal, hurtful, wounding, abusive; annoying, exasperating, irritating, galling, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
INITIATIVE — n. 25B6; noun employers are looking for initiative : ENTERPRISE, resourcefulness, inventiveness, imagination, ingenuity, originality, creativity; drive, dynamism, ambition, motivation, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — adj. 1 antagonistic, hostile, contentious, quarrelsome, attacking, aggressive, threatening, provocative, combative, martial, belligerent, warlike, bellicose The minute the enemy made …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
INITIATIVE — n. 1 first move or step, lead, opening move Hogan took the initiative by winning the first set 2 enterprise, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INITIATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) инициатива, первый шаг, почин to take the initiative ≈ делать первый шаг, проявлять инициативу to stifle initiative …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFFENSIVE — offensive.ogg 1. əʹfensıv n наступление, атака peace spring offensive - мирное весеннее наступление on the offensive - в наступлении to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INITIATIVE — initiative.ogg 1. ıʹnıʃətıv n 1. инициатива, почин undeveloped initiative - начинание, не получившее поддержки to do smth. on one's own …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFFENSIVE — offensive сущ.1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
INITIATIVE — initiative сущ.1) инициатива, первый шаг, почин to take the initiative — делать первый шаг, проявлять инициативу to stifle initiative — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OFFENSIVE — 1. əʹfensıv n наступление, атака peace spring offensive - мирное весеннее наступление on the offensive - в наступлении to act …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INITIATIVE — 1. ıʹnıʃətıv n 1. инициатива, почин undeveloped initiative - начинание, не получившее поддержки to do smth. on one's own initiative …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия ( в отношении чего-л. ) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INITIATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) инициатива, первый шаг, почин to take the initiative — делать первый шаг, проявлять инициативу to stifle initiative …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) — Мирные предложения …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
INITIATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) инициатива, первый шаг, почин to take the initiative — делать первый шаг, проявлять инициативу to stifle initiative — подавлять инициативу on …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
OFFENSIVE — 1. _n. наступление, наступательная операция; - act on the offensive - take the offensive - go into the offensive - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
INITIATIVE — 1. _n. 1> почин; инициатива; on one's own initiative - по собственной инициативе; to take the initiative - проявить инициативу …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
OFFENSIVE — 1. n. наступление, наступательная операция; - act on the offensive - take the offensive - go into the offensive - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
INITIATIVE — 1. n. 1. почин; инициатива; on one's own initiative - по собственной инициативе; to take the initiative - проявить инициативу …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
INITIATIVE — 1. сущ. почин, инициатива - American Business Initiative - Caribbean Basin Initiative - on his own initiative - take the initiative 2. прил. 1) начальный, вводный 2) инициативный, …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
OFFENSIVE — 1. _n. наступление, наступательная операция; to act on the offensive наступать; to take (или to go into) the offensive перейти …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
INITIATIVE — 1. _n. 1> почин; инициатива; on one's own initiative по собственной инициативе; to take the initiative проявить инициативу 2> _юр. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
OFFENSIVE — 1) воен. наступление | наступательный 2) оскорбительный 3) причиняющий неудобство или вред • - grossly offensive - patently offensive - physically offensive
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INITIATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) инициатива, первый шаг, почин to take the initiative ≈ делать первый шаг, проявлять инициативу to stifle initiative …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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