project
/project/
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Definition
Noun:
- A planned undertaking; a specific plan or scheme: A "project" is a carefully designed plan or proposal for achieving a particular goal, often involving research or development.
- A piece of work or task that is attempted: It can refer to any significant piece of work that is undertaken, typically requiring effort and organization.
Verb:
- To plan, propose, or devise: To "project" means to formulate a plan or idea for future action.
- To throw, send, or cast forward: This meaning involves propelling something forward or outward.
- To cause (light, shadow, or an image) to fall on a surface: To "project" is to transmit light or display an image onto a screen or other surface.
- To estimate or forecast a future situation based on current data: To "project" can mean to calculate or predict a future quantity or trend.
- To extend outward; to jut out: Something that "projects" sticks out from a surface.
- To present (oneself, an idea, or a quality) in a particular way: To "project" involves conveying an image, feeling, or impression to others.
- To attribute (one's own feelings or thoughts) to others: In psychology, to "project" is to unconsciously attribute one's own emotions or desires to another person.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The team presented their final project to the board. (The team presented their final planned undertaking to the board.)
- Building a treehouse was a fun weekend project. (Building a treehouse was a fun piece of work attempted over the weekend.)
Verb:
- The architect will project the construction costs for next year. (The architect will estimate the construction costs for next year.)
- The film was projected onto a large outdoor screen. (The film was cast as an image onto a large outdoor screen.)
- A balcony projects from the side of the building. (A balcony extends outward from the side of the building.)
- A good speaker knows how to project confidence. (A good speaker knows how to convey confidence.)
- He tends to project his own anxieties onto his colleagues. (He tends to attribute his own anxieties to his colleagues.)
Advanced Usage
"Project management": The application of processes and methods to plan and execute a project from start to finish.
- She studied project management to improve her organizational skills.
"Housing project": A publicly funded development providing housing, often for low-income families.
- He grew up in a large housing project.
"To project a voice": To speak loudly and clearly so as to be heard at a distance.
- Actors must learn to project their voices to the back of the theater.
Variants and Related Words
Projection (n): 1. An estimate or forecast of a future situation. 2. The act of projecting an image or sound. 3. Something that juts out. 4. The unconscious attribution of one's feelings to others.
- The company's sales projections were optimistic.
- The projection of the film was flawless.
Projector (n): A device for projecting slides, film, or video onto a screen.
- We need a projector for the presentation.
Projectile (n): An object propelled through the air, especially a weapon.
- The stone became a dangerous projectile.
Synonyms
- Noun: Plan, scheme, undertaking, enterprise, venture, task.
- Verb: Propose, plan, forecast, estimate, cast, throw, extend, protrude, convey, transmit.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Project onto: To attribute one's own emotions or characteristics to (another person).
- It's not fair to project your insecurities onto me.
Related Idioms
A pet project: A favorite personal plan or undertaking.
- The community garden was her pet project.
In projection: As estimated or forecasted.
- In projection, the population will double in twenty years.
Noun
- a planned undertaking
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
Verb
- regard as objective
- throw, send, or cast forward
- project a missile
- put or send forth
- She threw the flashlight beam into the corner
- The setting sun threw long shadows
- cast a spell
- cast a warm light
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
- present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
- He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism
- She proposed a new theory of relativity
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- They contrived to murder their boss
- design a new sales strategy
- plan an attack
- draw a projection of
- cause to be heard
- His voice projects well
- project on a screen
- The images are projected onto the screen
- transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
- extend out or project in space
- His sharp nose jutted out
- A single rock sticks out from the cliff
- communicate vividly
- He projected his feelings