Initiative vs. Project

Initiativeadjective

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

Initiativeadjective

In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

Initiativenoun

A beginning; a first move.

Initiativenoun

A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.

Initiativenoun

The ability to act first or on one's own.

Initiativenoun

An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.

Initiativeadjective

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

Initiativenoun

An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.

Initiativenoun

The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.

Initiativenoun

The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced or enacted directly by the people, as in the Swiss Confederation and in many of the States of the United States; - chiefly used with the. The procedure of the initiative is essentially as follows: Upon the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters the desired measure must be submitted to a popular vote, and upon receiving the required majority (commonly a majority of those voting on the measure submitted) it becomes a law. In some States of the United States the initiative is only local; in others it is state-wide and includes the making of constitutional amendments.

Initiativenoun

a character trait manifested in a readiness and ability to initiate action; an enterprising spirit; a go-getting attitude; energy; drive; get-up-and-go.

Initiativenoun

in interactive activities, such as conversation or games, the right or opportunity to set the course of action; as, to have the initiative.

Initiativenoun

readiness to embark on bold new ventures

Initiativenoun

the first of a series of actions;

Initiativeadjective

serving to set in motion;

Initiative

In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a public vote in the legislature in what is called indirect initiative, or under direct initiative, where the proposition is put to a plebiscite or referendum, in what is called a Popular initiated Referendum or citizen-initiated referendum. In an indirect initiative, a measure is first referred to the legislature, and then put to a popular vote only if not enacted by the legislature.

Projectnoun

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

Projectnoun

An urban low-income housing building.

Projectnoun

(dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.

Projectnoun

(obsolete) A projectile.

Projectnoun

(obsolete) A projection.

Projectnoun

(obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.

Projectverb

(intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.

Projectverb

(transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

Projectverb

(transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

Projectverb

(transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.

Projectverb

To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.

Projectverb

To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.

Projectverb

(cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

Projectnoun

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

Projectnoun

That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

Projectnoun

An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.

Projectverb

To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

Projectverb

To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.

Projectverb

To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; - sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.

Projectverb

To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.

Projectverb

To form a project; to scheme.

Projectnoun

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;

Projectnoun

a planned undertaking

Projectverb

communicate vividly;

Projectverb

extend out or project in space;

Projectverb

transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another

Projectverb

project on a screen;

Projectverb

cause to be heard;

Projectverb

draw a projection of

Projectverb

make or work out a plan for; devise;

Projectverb

present for consideration

Projectverb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

Projectverb

put or send forth;

Projectverb

throw, send, or cast forward;

Projectverb

regard as objective

Project

A project (or program) is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned (usually by a project team, but sometimes by a project manager or by a project planner) to achieve a particular aim.An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a .A project may be a temporary (rather than permanent) social system (work system), possibly staffed by teams (within or across organizations) to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.A project may form a part of wider programme management or function as an ad hoc system.Note that open-source software or artists' musical (for example) may lack defined team-membership, precise planning and/or time-limited durations.