Noun: project 'pró,jekt or pró-jikt
- Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"The construction project took three years to complete";
- undertaking, task, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn]
- A planned undertaking
"The construction project was scheduled to take three years";
- projection
- [US] A housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families
"The city invested in renovating the aging housing project";
- housing project, public housing
- Extend out in space
"A single rock projects from the cliff";
- stick out, protrude, jut out, jut
- Communicate vividly
"He projected his feelings"
- Show on a screen using projection
"The images are projected onto the screen"
- Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
"The scientist projected biological concepts onto social phenomena"
- Cause to be heard
"His voice projects well"
- Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
"The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer";
- propose
- Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
"I can't project him on horseback!";
- visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
- Put or send forth
"project a spell";
- cast, contrive, throw
- Throw, send, or cast forward
"project a missile";
- send off
- Transfer an emotion (or state, trait, etc.) to an external person or thing
"He projected his anger onto his coworkers";
- externalize, externalise [Brit]
- Draw a projection of
"The architect projected the building's layout onto the screen"
Derived forms: projecting, projects, projected
See also: stick
Type of: ascribe, assign, attribute, cause to be perceived, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, communicate, conceive of, direct, draw, envisage, exsert, extend, hold out, housing development, ideate [informal], imagine, impel, impute, intercommunicate, plan, program [N. Amer], programme [Brit, Cdn], propel, put out, send, show, stretch forth, stretch out, transfer, transmit, work
Encyclopedia: Project