self-initiated

adjective

self-ini·​ti·​at·​ed ˌself-i-ˈni-shē-ˌā-təd 

: caused or facilitated to begin by oneself : initiated by oneself

self-initiated learning/activities

According to police, the charges stemmed from a self-initiated investigation by the department's internal affairs division.

—Sandra Gomez-Aceves

Examples of self-initiated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not all of these projects were self-initiated. — Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026

The American flight self-initiated a go-around and the two aircraft were approximately 3,100 feet from each other. — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-initiated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated