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proj⋅ect

  [n. proj-ekt, -ikt; v. pruh-jekt]
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–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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proj·ect   (prŏj'ěkt', -ĭkt)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pro·ject
Pronunciation: pr&-'jekt
Function: transitive verb
: to attribute or assign (something in one's own mind or a personalcharacteristic) to a person, group, or object projected hostility onto the therapist> project intransitive senses
: to connect by sendingnerve fibers or processes project to the back part of the cerebral cortex>
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Medical Dictionary

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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