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Project

ˈprɒdʒɛkt

Project definitions
noun
project projects
  1. an individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim

    "a research project"

    • a piece of research work undertaken by a school or college student

      "a history project"

    • a proposed or planned undertaking

      "the novel undermines its own stated project of telling a story"

  2. a government-subsidized housing development with relatively low rents

    "her family still lives in the projects"

verb
project projected projecting projects
  1. estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends or data

    "spending was projected at £72,900 million"

    • plan (a scheme or undertaking)

      "in the later 1930s, many new road schemes were projected"

  2. extend outwards beyond something else; protrude

    "I noticed a slip of paper projecting from the book"

    stick out jut out jut protrude extend stand out hang over overhang bulge out poke out lap over ride over thrust out obtrude cantilever
  3. throw or cause to move forward or outward

    "seeds are projected from the tree"

    • cause (light, shadow, or an image) to fall on a surface

      "the one light projected shadows on the wall"

    • cause (a sound) to be heard at a distance

      "being audible depends on your ability to project your voice"

    • imagine (oneself, a situation, etc.) as having moved to a different place or time

      "people may be projecting the present into the past"

  4. present or promote (a particular view or image)

    "he strives to project an image of youth"

    convey put across put over communicate present promote
    • present (someone or something) in a particular way

      "she liked to project herself more as a friend than a doctor"

    • display (an emotion or quality) in one's behaviour

      "everyone would be amazed that a young girl could project such depths of emotion"

    • attribute or transfer an emotion or desire to (another person), especially unconsciously

      "men may sometimes project their own fears on to women"

  5. draw straight lines through (a given figure) to produce a corresponding figure on a surface or a line
  6. make a projection of (the earth, sky, etc.) on a plane surface