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project
[ noun proj-ekt, -ikt; verb pruh-jekt ]
noun
- something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme:
I have several little projects around the house that I’d like to tackle in my time off.
Synonyms:
- a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment:
The city is undertaking several public works projects to modernize and upgrade infrastructure.
- a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship:
Federal funding supports some cancer-related projects while other research is sustained by private grants.
- Education. a supplementary, long-term educational assignment necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students:
For my literature class project, I wrote an original rock opera and performed one song from it.
- the projects, Informal. a housing project, typically one constructed as a development of high-rise towers with apartments for low-income residents, especially in the second half of the 20th century:
Back in those days, the projects were no place to raise a family.
verb (used with object)
- to propose, contemplate, or plan.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
- to set forth or calculate (some future thing):
They projected the building costs for the next five years.
Synonyms:
- to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light or a shadow.
- to cause (a figure or image) to appear, as on a background.
- to regard (something within the mind, as a feeling, thought, or attitude) as having some form of reality outside the mind:
He projected a thrilling picture of the party's future.
- to cause to jut out or protrude.
- Geometry.
- to throw forward an image of (a figure or the like) by straight lines or rays, either parallel, converging, or diverging, that pass through all its points and reproduce it on another surface or figure.
- to transform the points (of one figure) into those of another by a correspondence between points.
- to present (an idea, program, etc.) for consideration or action:
They made every effort to project the notion of world peace.
- to use (one's voice, gestures, etc.) forcefully enough to be perceived at a distance, as by all members of the audience in a theater.
- to communicate clearly and forcefully (one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.) to an audience, as in a theatrical performance; produce a compelling image of.
- to cause (the voice) to appear to come from a source other than oneself, as in ventriloquism; throw.
verb (used without object)
- to extend or protrude beyond something else.
Synonyms: , ,
- to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
- to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc., in an audience; communicate clearly and forcefully.
- Psychology. to ascribe one's own feelings, thoughts, or attitudes to others.
project
noun
- a proposal, scheme, or design
- a task requiring considerable or concerted effort, such as one by students
- the subject of such a task
- short for housing project
verb
- tr to propose or plan
- tr to predict; estimate; extrapolate
we can project future needs on the basis of the current birth rate
- tr to throw or cast forwards
- to jut or cause to jut out
- tr to send forth or transport in the imagination
to project oneself into the future
- tr to cause (an image) to appear on a surface
- to cause (one's voice) to be heard clearly at a distance
- psychol
- intr (esp of a child) to believe that others share one's subjective mental life
- to impute to others (one's hidden desires and impulses), esp as a means of defending oneself Compare introject
- tr geometry to draw a projection of
- intr to communicate effectively, esp to a large gathering
Other Word Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·iԲ· adverb
- dzܲt·e noun
- ԴDzp·iԲ adjective
- p· verb
- ܲpe noun
- ܲp·Ļ adjective
- ܲp·iԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of project1
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Example Sentences
So if Doge counts the maximum figure, that can represent projected spending over a number of years, rather than a direct saving from the country's yearly spending.
By the time the Qatari royal family approached McKillen about the California hotel in 2019, he said he had been working on projects with them for years.
China invests billions of dollars in infrastructure projects across Central and South America.
He did not give details on the project or funding it.
Emily Coulam, from the trust, said the data gathered by the volunteers would help them "develop projects which hope to increase abundance and range of the hairstreak butterflies through habitat creation and restoration".
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