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1. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
   "the projecting limb of a tree";
   - jutting, projected, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out

1. Communicate vividly
   "He projected his feelings"
    
2. Extend out in space
   "A single rock projects from the cliff";
   - stick out, protrude, jut out, jut
    
3. Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
    
4. Show on a screen using projection
   "The images are projected onto the screen"
    
5. Cause to be heard
   "His voice projects well"
    
6. Draw a projection of
    
7. Make or work out a plan for; devise
   "project an attack";
   - plan, contrive, design
    
8. Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
   "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer";
   - propose
    
9. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "I can't project him on horseback!";
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
    
10. Put or send forth
    "project a spell";
    - cast, contrive, throw
     
11. Throw, send, or cast forward
    "project a missile";
    - send off
     
12. (psychology) transfer an emotion (or state, trait, etc.) to an external person or thing
    - externalize, externalise [Brit]

See also: protrusive

Type of: ascribe, assign, attribute, cause to be perceived, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, communicate, conceive of, create by mental act, create mentally, direct, draw, envisage, ideate, imagine, impel, impute, intercommunicate, plan, propel, send, show, transfer, transmit, transport

Encyclopedia: Projecting