Project definition
A plan or proposal for accomplishing something.
noun
An undertaking requiring concerted effort.
A community cleanup project; a government-funded irrigation project.
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A housing project.
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To throw forward; hurl.
Project an arrow.
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To send out into space; cast.
Project a light beam.
verb
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To cause (an image) to appear on a surface by the controlled direction of light.
Projected the slide onto a screen.
verb
(psychology) To externalize and attribute (an emotion or motive, for example) unconsciously to someone or something else in order to avoid anxiety.
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To convey an impression of to an audience or to others.
A posture that projects defeat.
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To form a plan or intention for.
Project a new business enterprise.
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To calculate, estimate, or predict (something in the future), based on present data or trends.
Projecting next year's expenses.
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To extend forward or out; jut out.
Beams that project beyond the eaves.
verb
To direct one's voice so as to be heard clearly at a distance.
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A proposal of something to be done; plan; scheme.
noun
An organized undertaking.
- A special unit of work, research, etc., as in a school, a laboratory, etc.
- An extensive public undertaking, as in conservation, construction, etc.
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A complex of inexpensive apartments or houses, esp. one that is publicly owned or financed.
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To propose (an act or plan of action)
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To throw or hurl forward.
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To send forth in one's thoughts or imagination.
To project oneself into the future.
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To cause to jut out.
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To cause (a shadow, image, etc.) to fall or appear upon a surface.
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(geom.) To transform the points of (a geometric figure) into the points of another figure, usually by means of lines of correspondence.
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(psychol.) To externalize (a thought or feeling) so that it appears to have objective reality.
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To cause (one's voice) to be heard clearly and at a distance.
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To get (ideas, feelings, one's presence, etc.) across to others effectively.
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To jut out; protrude.
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To be effective in the projection of one's voice, ideas, etc.
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To extend forward or out; jut out.
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To attribute one's own emotion or motive, for example, to someone else unconsciously in order to avoid anxiety or guilt.
verb
(dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
A man given to projects.
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(US) An urban low-income housing building.
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verb
An extensive task undertaken by a student or group of students to apply, illustrate, or supplement classroom lessons.
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Project is defined as to cause an image to appear on a surface or to propose or calculate something for the future.
An example of project is to use a light to cast an image on a screen.
An example of project means to estimate a company's potential earnings for the year.
verb
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The definition of a project is a task or a plan.
An example of project is an experiment for the school science fair.
noun
To thrust outward or forward.
Project one's jaw in defiance.
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(mathematics) To produce (a projection).
verb
To direct (one's voice) so as to be heard clearly at a distance.
verb
Origin of project
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Noun from Latin prōiectum (“projection"), from prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel").
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