projection

noun

OPAL W

/prəˈdʒekʃn/

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estimate

[countable] an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now

to make forward/backward projections of population figures
Sales have exceeded our projections.
Calculations are based on a projection of existing trends.

Extra Examples

We have been making forward projections as to future profitability of the firm.
On current projections, there will be more than fifty million people over 65 in 2020.
The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards.
They presented profit projections for the rest of the year.

Topics Businessc1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

current
latest
initial
…

verb + projection

make
revise
exceed
…

phrases

base a projection on something

preposition

on… projections
projection about
projection for
…

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of image

[uncountable, countable] the act of putting an image of something onto a surface; an image that is shown in this way

the projection of three-dimensional images on a computer screen
laser projections

of solid shape

[countable] (specialist) a solid shape or object as represented on a flat surface

map projections

something that sticks out

[countable] something that sticks out from a surface

tiny projections on the cell

of voice/sound

[uncountable] the act of making your voice, a sound, etc. audible (= able to be heard) at a distance

voice projection

psychology

[uncountable] the act of imagining that somebody else is thinking the same as you and is reacting in the same way

of thoughts/feelings

[countable, uncountable] the act of giving a form and structure to inner thoughts and feelings

The idea of God is a projection of humans' need to have something greater than themselves.

Word Originmid 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin projectio(n-), from proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’.

单词	projection
释义	projection noun OPAL W /prəˈdʒekʃn/ /prəˈdʒekʃn/ jump to other results estimate [countable] an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now to make forward/backward projections of population figures Sales have exceeded our projections. Calculations are based on a projection of existing trends. Extra Examples We have been making forward projections as to future profitability of the firm. On current projections, there will be more than fifty million people over 65 in 2020. The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. They presented profit projections for the rest of the year. Topics Businessc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective current latest initial … verb + projection make revise exceed … phrases base a projection on something preposition on… projections projection about projection for … See full entry of image [uncountable, countable] the act of putting an image of something onto a surface; an image that is shown in this way the projection of three-dimensional images on a computer screen laser projections of solid shape [countable] (specialist) a solid shape or object as represented on a flat surface map projections something that sticks out [countable] something that sticks out from a surface tiny projections on the cell of voice/sound [uncountable] the act of making your voice, a sound, etc. audible (= able to be heard) at a distance voice projection psychology [uncountable] the act of imagining that somebody else is thinking the same as you and is reacting in the same way of thoughts/feelings [countable, uncountable] the act of giving a form and structure to inner thoughts and feelings The idea of God is a projection of humans' need to have something greater than themselves. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin projectio(n-), from proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’.
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