project

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
An urban, low-income housing building.
An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
A projectile.
A projection.

verb

To extend beyond a surface.
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
To make plans for; to forecast.
To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
(of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
To extend to reach a point.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/ /ˈpɹəʊ.dʒɛkt/ /ˈpɹɐʊ.d͡ʒekt/ /ˈpɹɔd͡ʒ.ekt/ prŏʹjĕkt' prŏʹjĭkt /ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkt/ /ˈpɹɑ.d͡ʒɪkt/ [-d͡ʒɪ̈kt] /ˈpɹoʊ.d͡ʒɛkt/ en-ca-project-noun.ogg prə-jĕktʹ /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/ En-us-project.ogg en-ca-project-verb.ogg /pɹəˈd͡ʒekt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-project (noun).wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-project (verb).wav

Word forms

project projects projecting projected

Etymology

From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).

Synonyms

plan blueprint design plot project proposal scheme council estate Tower of Babel missile protuberance protrusion extend jut protrude stick out cast throw bung chuck chunk cook dash dump feck fling jerk heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate quoit shy slight skew sling thrill toss traject warp whang whip whop wing jut out exsert forecast foresee foretell

Related words

extrapolate

Derived words

astral-project astroproject bioproject capstone project collaborative project management counterproject deproject European project final year project ghost project housing project interproject macroproject megaproject microproject midproject multiproject new country project new nation project projectability projectable project accounting project-based learning project box project engineer project evaluation and review technique project evaluation review technique project fire projectible projectise projectization projectize project manage project management project manager projectment project nation projectome project-oriented projectory projectoscope reproject retroject science project social project management subproject misproject projective

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