project

[ noun proj-ekt, -ikt; verb pruh-jekt ]

/ noun ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt; verb prəˈdʒɛkt /

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noun

something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.

a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.

a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.

Education. a supplementary, long-term educational assignment necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students.

Often projects. housing project.

verb (used with object) pro·ject [pruh-jekt] /prəˈdʒɛkt/

to propose, contemplate, or plan.

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.

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) pro·ject [pruh-jekt] /prəˈdʒɛkt/

to extend or protrude beyond something else.

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.

Nearby words

prohibitionist, prohibitive, prohibitory, prohormone, proinsulin, project, project note, projected window, projectile, projectile vomiting, projection

Origin of project

1350–1400; (noun) Middle English project(e) design, plan < Medieval Latin prōjectum, Latin: projecting part, noun use of neuter of Latin prōjectus, past participle of prōicere to throw forward, extend, equivalent to prō- pro-¹ + -icere, combining form of jacere to throw; (v.) late Middle English project(e) (past participle) extended, projected < Latin prōjectus

SYNONYMS FOR project

1 proposal.

6 contrive, scheme, plot, devise.

8 predict.

18 bulge, obtrude, overhang.

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Related forms

pro·ject·a·ble, adjectivepro·ject·ing·ly, adverbcoun·ter·proj·ect, nounnon·pro·ject·ing, adjective

re·pro·ject, verbsub·proj·ect, nounun·pro·ject·ed, adjectiveun·pro·ject·ing, adjective

Synonym study

1. See plan.

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Examples from the Web for projected

The company now estimates it will cost $8 billion, nearly 50 percent more than the $5.4 billion projected six years ago.
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For instance, in Arkansas, a projected 57 percent of voters backed Republican Tom Cotton for the Senate.
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The Congressional Budget Office, meanwhile, projected $588 billion in defense appropriations in 2014 to $731 billion in 2023.
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So by that measure, Paul actually would spend more than the CBO projected this year, though less in later years.
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On Tuesday, the World Health Organization projected that by December there could be 10,000 new cases per week in West Africa.
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My qualities are projected through the wrong end of a telescope and the world perceives me far smaller than I really am.
Mortal Coils|Aldous Huxley
Robert designed and projected an ironclad battleship, the first one in the world.
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I did not know about a projected divorce between herself and her husband.
The Hound of the Baskervilles|A. Conan Doyle
In '45, Mr. Gladstone projected the North Australian colony for ticket-holders.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)|John West
One old terrapin with gray chin whiskers, projected over, with his wife, and took a peek through the slats of my coop.
The Boy Scouts Book of Stories|Various

British Dictionary definitions for projected

project

noun (ˈprɒdʒɛkt)

a proposal, scheme, or design

a task requiring considerable or concerted effort, such as one by students
the subject of such a task

US short for housing project

verb (prəˈdʒɛkt)

(tr) to propose or plan

(tr) to predict; estimate; extrapolatewe 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 imaginationto 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 oneselfCompare introject

(tr) geometry to draw a projection of

(intr) to communicate effectively, esp to a large gathering

Word Origin for project

C14: from Latin prōicere to throw down, from pro- 1 + iacere to throw

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Medicine definitions for projected

project

[ prŏj′kt′, -ĭkt ]

n.

A plan or proposal; a scheme.

An undertaking requiring concerted effort.

v.

To extend forward or out; jut out.

To cause an image to appear on a surface.

In psychology, to externalize and attribute something, such as an emotion, to someone or something else.