readiness to embark on bold new ventures

[ Syn: enterprise , enterprisingness , go-ahead ]

the first of a series of actions

[ Syn: first step , opening move , opening ]

serving to set in motion; the magazines inaugural issue; the initiative phase in the negotiations; an initiatory step toward a treaty; his first (or maiden) speech in Congress; the liners maiden voyage

[ Syn: inaugural , initiatory , first , maiden ]