noun

1. a proposal of something to be done; plan; scheme
2. ☆ an organized undertaking; specif.,
   1. a special unit of work, research, etc., as in a school, a laboratory, etc.
   2. an extensive public undertaking, as in conservation, construction, etc.
3. ☆ a complex of inexpensive apartments or houses, esp. one that is publicly owned or financed
   in full housing project

Etymology: ME projecte < L projectum, neut. of projectus, pp. of projicere < pro-, before, forward + jacere, to throw: see pro- & jet

transitive verb project pro·ject′

1. to propose (an act or plan of action)
2. to throw or hurl forward
3. 1. to cause (one's voice) to be heard clearly and at a distance
   2. to get (ideas, feelings, one's presence, etc.) across to others effectively
4. to send forth in one's thoughts or imagination to project oneself into the future
5. to cause to jut out
6. to cause (a shadow, image, etc.) to fall or appear upon a surface
7. extrapolate
8. Geom. to transform the points of (a geometric figure) into the points of another figure, usually by means of lines of correspondence
9. Psychol. to externalize (a thought or feeling) so that it appears to have objective reality

intransitive verb

1. to jut out; protrude
2. to be effective in the projection of one's voice, ideas, etc.