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10 dictionary results for: project
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
proj·ect       [n. proj-ekt, -ikt; v. pruh-jekt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object) 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.
a.to 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.
b.to transform the points (of one figure) into those of another by a correspondence between points.
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.
–verb (used without object) project
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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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
proj·ect       (prŏj'ěkt', -ĭkt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A plan or proposal; a scheme. See Synonyms at plan.
  2. An undertaking requiring concerted effort: a community cleanup project; a government-funded irrigation project.
  3. An extensive task undertaken by a student or group of students to apply, illustrate, or supplement classroom lessons.
  4. A housing project.

v.   pro·ject (prə-jěkt') pro·ject·ed, pro·ject·ing, pro·jects

v.   tr.
  1. To thrust outward or forward: project one's jaw in defiance.
  2. To throw forward; hurl: project an arrow.
  3. To send out into space; cast: project a light beam.
  4. To cause (an image) to appear on a surface: projected the slide onto a screen.
  5. Mathematics To produce (a projection).
  6. To direct (one's voice) so as to be heard clearly at a distance.
  7. Psychology To externalize and attribute (an emotion or motive, for example) unconsciously to someone or something else in order to avoid anxiety.
  8. To convey an impression of to an audience or to others: a posture that projects defeat.
  9. To form a plan or intention for: project a new business enterprise.
  10. To calculate, estimate, or predict (something in the future), based on present data or trends: projecting next year's expenses.

v.   intr.
  1. To extend forward or out; jut out: beams that project beyond the eaves. See Synonyms at bulge.
  2. To direct one's voice so as to be heard clearly at a distance.


[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.)
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.)
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.

  1. A plan or proposal; a scheme.
  2. An undertaking requiring concerted effort.
v. (prə-jěkt') pro·ject·ed, pro·ject·ing, pro·jects
  1. To extend forward or out; jut out:
  2. To cause an image to appear on a surface.
  3. 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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Project

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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