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noun
1.
something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
2.
a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
3.
a specific task of investigation, especially 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) pro·ject
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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto cause (the voice) to appear to come from a source other than oneself, as in ventriloquism; throw.
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Projected
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object) pro·ject
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; (noun) Middle English project(e) design, plan < Medieval Latin prōjectum, Latin: projecting part, noun 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; (v.) late Middle English project(e) (past participle) extended, projected < Latin prōjectus
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English project(e) design, plan < Medieval Latin prōjectum, Latin: projecting part, noun 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; (v.) late Middle English project(e) (past participle) extended, projected < Latin prōjectus
Related forms
pro·ject·a·ble, adjective
pro·ject·ing·ly, adverb
coun·ter·proj·ect, noun
non·pro·ject·ing, adjective
re·pro·ject, verb
EXPANDSynonyms
1. proposal. See plan. 6. contrive, scheme, plot, devise. 8. predict. 18. bulge, obtrude, overhang.
1. proposal. See plan. 6. contrive, scheme, plot, devise. 8. predict. 18. bulge, obtrude, overhang.
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Word Origin & History
project
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
EXPAND 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.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
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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