English Explanatory Dictionary

projecting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sticking out.
  2. Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of project
noun
  1. The act by which something is projected.
  2. A projecting part.
  3. Assumption of qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality; projection.

Pronunciation

prə-jĕktʹĭng /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/ En-us-projecting.ogg

Word forms

projecting projectings

Synonyms

outstanding prominent protuberous bulging exserted extuberant jutting obtrusive projecting projectory promontorial protruding protuberant salient

Derived words

nonprojecting projectingly unprojecting
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