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Project
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- 1 A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
"projects of happiness devised by human reason"
- 2 any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted wordnet
- 3 An urban, low-income housing building. US, plural-normally
"Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished."
- 4 a planned undertaking wordnet
- 5 An idle scheme; an impracticable design. dated
"a man given to projects"
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- 6 A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough. US
"Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing."
- 7 A projectile. obsolete
- 8 A projection. obsolete
- 1 To extend beyond a surface. intransitive
- 2 present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. wordnet
- 3 To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. transitive
"Before his feet her selfe she did proiect"
- 4 regard as objective wordnet
- 5 To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward. transitive
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- 6 communicate vividly wordnet
- 7 To make plans for; to forecast. transitive
"The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007."
- 8 transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another wordnet
- 9 To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way. reflexive, transitive
"It is difficult to gauge the exact point at which women stop trying to fool men and really begin to deceive themselves, but an objective analyst cannot escape the conclusion (1) that partly from a natural device inherent in the species, women deliberately project upon actual or potential suitors an impression of themselves that is not an accurate picture of their total nature, and (2) that few women ever are privileged to see themselves as they really are."
- 10 throw, send, or cast forward wordnet
- 11 To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality. transitive
- 12 put or send forth wordnet
- 13 To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
- 14 imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind wordnet
- 15 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.
- 16 make or work out a plan for; devise wordnet
- 17 (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
- 18 draw a projection of wordnet
- 19 To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance. transitive
"to project one's voice"
- 20 project on a screen wordnet
- 21 To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance. intransitive
"You would think that topic coulda put me to sleep, but HE can really project when HE wants to."
- 22 cause to be heard wordnet
- 23 To extend to reach a point. figuratively, transitive
"When a word occurs only in Indo-European languages of northern or western Europe, for instance, projecting that word back to Proto-Indo-European is considered dubious."
- 24 extend out or project in space wordnet
Etymology
From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).
From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).
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