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proj·ect 
[n. proj-ekt, -ikt; v. pruh-jekt] Pronunciation Key
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[n. proj-ekt, -ikt; v. pruh-jekt] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object) project
–verb (used without object) project
| 1. | something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme. |
| 2. | a large or major undertaking, esp. one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment. |
| 3. | a specific task of investigation, esp. in scholarship. |
| 4. | Education. a supplementary, long-term educational assignment necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students. |
| 5. | Often, projects. housing project. |
| 6. | to propose, contemplate, or plan. |
| 7. | to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward. |
| 8. | to set forth or calculate (some future thing): They projected the building costs for the next five years. |
| 9. | to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light or a shadow. |
| 10. | to cause (a figure or image) to appear, as on a background. |
| 11. | 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. |
| 12. | to cause to jut out or protrude. |
| 13. | Geometry.
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| 14. | to present (an idea, program, etc.) for consideration or action: They made every effort to project the notion of world peace. |
| 15. | 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. |
| 16. | to communicate clearly and forcefully (one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.) to an audience, as in a theatrical performance; produce a compelling image of. |
| 17. | to cause (the voice) to appear to come from a source other than oneself, as in ventriloquism; throw. |
| 18. | to extend or protrude beyond something else. |
| 19. | to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater. |
| 20. | to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc., in an audience; communicate clearly and forcefully. |
| 21. | Psychology. to ascribe one's own feelings, thoughts, or attitudes to others. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; (n.) ME project(e) design, plan < ML prōjectum, L: projecting part, n. use of neut. of L prōjectus, ptp. of prōicere to throw forward, extend, equiv. to prō- pro-1 + -icere, comb. form of jacere to throw; (v.) late ME project(e) (ptp.) extended, projected < L prōjectus]
] —Related forms
pro·ject·a·ble, adjective
pro·ject·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. proposal. See plan. 6. contrive, scheme, plot, devise. 8. predict. 18. bulge, obtrude, overhang.
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| proj·ect
(prŏj'ěkt', -ĭkt) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. pro·ject (prə-jěkt') pro·ject·ed, pro·ject·ing, pro·jects v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English projecte, from Latin prōiectum, projecting structure, from neuter past participle of prōicere, to throw out : prō-, forth; see pro-1 + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.] pro·ject'a·ble adj. |
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project (n.)
project (n.)
c.1400, "a plan, draft, scheme," from L. projectum "something thrown forth," noun use of neuter of projectus, pp. of projicere "stretch out, throw forth," from pro- "forward" + combining form of jacere (pp. jactus) "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Meaning "scheme, proposal, mental plan" is from 1601. Meaning "group of low-rent apartment buildings" first recorded c.1958, from housing project (1932).
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project (v.)
project (v.)
c.1477, "to plan," from L. projectus (see project (n.)). Sense of "to stick out" is from 1718. Meaning "to cast an image on a screen" is recorded from 1865. Psychoanalytical sense, "to convey to others," is first recorded 1895 (implied in projective). Projection is from 1557, originally cartographical, "drawing of a map or chart according to scale;" Projector "one who forms a project" is from 1596; in the optical, camera sense it is from 1884; projectionist is from 1922.
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| project | |
noun | |
| 1. | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking] |
| 2. | a planned undertaking |
verb | |
| 1. | communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings" |
| 2. | extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out] |
| 3. | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another |
| 4. | project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen" |
| 5. | cause to be heard; "His voice projects well" |
| 6. | draw a projection of |
| 7. | make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan] |
| 8. | present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" |
| 9. | 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" [syn: visualize] |
| 10. | 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" |
| 11. | throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" |
| 12. | regard as objective |
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project proj·ect (prŏj'kt', -ĭkt)
n.
- A plan or proposal; a scheme.
- An undertaking requiring concerted effort.
- To extend forward or out; jut out:
- To cause an image to appear on a surface.
- In psychology, to externalize and attribute something, such as an emotion, to someone or something else.
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PROJECT
Subsystem of ICES. Sammet 1969, p.616.
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Proj"ect\ (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Projet.]1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan. Vented much policy, and projects deep. --Milton. Projects of happiness devised by human reason. --Rogers. He entered into the project with his customary ardor. --Prescott. 3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects. Syn: Design; scheme; plan; purpose. Usage: Project, Design. A project is something of a practical nature thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See also Scheme.
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Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n. Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser. Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope. 2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton. 3. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.
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Pro*ject"\, v. i. 1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree. 2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] --Fuller.
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