project
UK /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/ · US /ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkt/ noun, verb
Forms projects projecting projected
- noun A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
- noun (usually in the plural, US) An urban, low-income housing building. “Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.”
- noun (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design. “a man given to projects”
- noun (US, sports) A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
- noun (obsolete) A projectile.
- noun (obsolete) A projection.
- verb (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
- verb (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- verb (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- verb (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast. “The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.”
- verb (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- verb (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
- verb (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
- verb (geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
Synonyms
plan blueprint design plot proposal scheme council estate Tower of Babel missile protuberance protrusion extend jut protrude stick out cast throw bung chuck chunk undertaking task labor projection jut out contrive propose visualize visualise envision
Etymology
From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).
Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.]
- noun That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
- verb To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- verb To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
Etymology [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.]
Etymology [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “project”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details