project /projˈekt or prōˈjekt/

1. A scheme of something to be done
2. A proposal for an undertaking
3. An undertaking
4. An exercise usu involving study and/or experimentation followed by the construction of something and/or the preparation of a report (education)
5. A projection
6. A notion (Shakespeare)
7. Speculative imagination (obsolete)

1. To throw out or forward
2. To speak or sing in such a way as to aim (the voice) at the rear of the auditorium, etc (theatre, etc)
3. To throw, kick or propel
4. To cause to jut out or stretch out
5. To scheme, plan or devise
6. To set out, set before the mind (Shakespeare)
7. To cast (eg a light, shadow or image) on a surface or into space
8. To throw an image of
9. To show outlined against a background
10. To predict or expect on the basis of past results or present trends
11. To derive a new figure from, so that each point on the new figure corresponds to a point of the original figure according to some rule, esp by a system of parallel, converging or diverging rays through the original points meeting a surface (geometry)
12. To externalize
13. To make objective

1. To jut out
2. To throw projecting powder on a metal which is to be transmuted (alchemy)

projecˈtile adjective

1. Caused by projection
2. Impelling
3. Capable of being thrown or thrust out or forward

1. A body projected by force
2. A missile, esp one discharged by a gun

projecˈting noun and adjective

projecˈtion /-shən/ noun

1. An act or method of projecting
2. The fact or state of being projected
3. Planning
4. Something which is projected
5. An instance of jutting out
6. Something which juts out
7. The standing out of a figure
8. A figure obtained by projecting another (geometry)
9. A forecast
10. A method of representing geographical detail on a plane, or the representation so obtained (also map projection)
11. A projected image
12. The reading of one's own emotions and experiences into a particular situation (psychology)
13. A person's unconscious attributing to other people of certain attitudes towards himself or herself, usu as a defence against his or her own guilt, inferiority, etc (psychology)
14. The throwing in of powdered philosopher's stone (projecting powder) to effect transmutation, hence transmutation itself in general (alchemy)

projecˈtional adjective

projecˈtionist noun

1. An operator of a film projector
2. An operator of certain television equipment
3. Someone who projects or makes projections, esp in map-making

projecˈtive adjective

1. Projecting
2. Of projection
3. Derivable by projection (geometry)
4. Unchanged by projection (geometry)

projectivity /proj-ək-tivˈi-ti/ noun

projectizaˈtion or projectisaˈtion noun

The direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs

projectˈment noun (rare)

A design or plan

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