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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024proj•ect /n. ˈprɑdʒɛkt, -ɪkt; v. prəˈdʒɛkt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a specific plan;
scheme. - a large or important, often public undertaking:a project to widen the streets of the city.
- a specific task in schoolwork or education, esp. a long-term assignment:You must complete a science project this term.
- Often, projects. [plural] a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants.
v. pro•ject - to devise, propose, or plan:[~ + object]The campaign was projected to include all 50 states.
- [~ + object] to throw or force forward, onward, or outward.
- to calculate or figure out (some future cost, amount, etc.):[~ + object]Inflation is projected to increase next year.
- to throw or cause (a ray of light, an image, a shadow, etc.) to fall upon a surface or into space:[~ + object]The light projected his shadow onto the wall behind him.
- to stick out or stand out over an edge:[no object]His ears projected from the sides of his head.
- to use (one's voice, gestures, etc.) forcefully enough to be heard or understood by all members of an audience: [~ + object]Project your voice so that people in the back can hear you.[no object]You need to project more.
- to communicate clearly and forcefully (one's thoughts, feelings, etc.) to an audience:[~ + object]The actor projected a feeling of sadness.
- Psychology to attribute one's own feelings, thoughts, or attitudes to other persons:[~ + object]You're projecting your own insecurity onto them.
See -jec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024proj•ect (n. proj′ekt, -ikt;v. prə jekt′),USA pronunciation n. - something that is contemplated, devised, or planned;
plan; scheme. - a large or major undertaking, esp. one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
- a specific task of investigation, esp. in scholarship.
- Educationa supplementary, long-term educational assignment necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students.
- Often, projects. See housing project.
v.t. pro•ject - 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.
- Mathematics[Geom.]
- Mathematicsto 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. v.i. pro•ject - 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. - Psychologyto ascribe one's own feelings, thoughts, or attitudes to others.
- Latin prōjectus
- Medieval Latin prōjectum, Latin: projecting part, noun, nominal 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; (verb, verbal) late Middle English project(e) (past participle) extended, projected
- (noun, nominal) Middle English project(e) design, plan 1350–1400
pro•ject′a•ble, adj. pro•ject′ing•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged proposal. See plan.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contrive, scheme, plot, devise.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged predict.
- 18.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bulge, obtrude, overhang.
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