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   project

   noun

   • 1. an individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim: "a research project" Similar schemeplanplan of actionprogrammeenterpriseundertakingventureactivityoperationcampaignproposalpropositionideaconception
   • ▪ a piece of research work undertaken by a school or college student: "a history project" Similar assignmentpiece of workhomeworkpiece of researchtask
   • ▪ a proposed or planned undertaking: "the novel undermines its own stated project of telling a story" Similar schemeplanplan of actionprogrammeenterpriseundertakingventureactivityoperationcampaignproposalpropositionideaconception
   • 2. a government-subsidized housing development with relatively low rents: North American "her family still lives in the projects"

   verb

   • 1. estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends or data: "spending was projected at £72,900 million" Similar forecastpredictestimatecalculategaugereckonexpectextrapolate
   • ▪ plan (a scheme or undertaking): "in the later 1930s, many new road schemes were projected" Similar intendplanproposemap outdevisedesignoutline
   • 2. extend outwards beyond something else; protrude: "I noticed a slip of paper projecting from the book" Similar stick outjut outjutprotrudeextendstand outhang overoverhangbulge outpoke outlap override overthrust outobtrudecantileverarchaic:be imminentprotuberate
   • 3. throw or cause to move forward or outward: "seeds are projected from the tree" Similar throwcastflinghurltossloblaunchdischargepropelshootinformal:chuckslingbungheave
   • ▪ cause (light, shadow, or an image) to fall on a surface: "the one light projected shadows on the wall" Similar castthrowsendshedlet fallreflectshine
   • ▪ cause (a sound) to be heard at a distance: "being audible depends on your ability to project your voice"
   • ▪ imagine (oneself, a situation, etc.) as having moved to a different place or time: "people may be projecting the present into the past"
   • 4. present or promote (a particular view or image): "he strives to project an image of youth" Similar conveyput acrossput overcommunicatepresentpromotepresent oneself as
   • ▪ present (someone or something) in a particular way: "she liked to project herself more as a friend than a doctor"
   • ▪ display (an emotion or quality) in one's behaviour: "everyone would be amazed that a young girl could project such depths of emotion"
   • ▪ attribute or transfer an emotion or desire to (another person), especially unconsciously: "men may sometimes project their own fears on to women" Similar attributeascribeimputeassignexternalize
   • 5. draw straight lines through (a given figure) to produce a corresponding figure on a surface or a line.
   • 6. make a projection of (the earth, sky, etc.) on a plane surface.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘preliminary design, tabulated statement’): from Latin projectum ‘something prominent’, neuter past participle of proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’. Early senses of the verb were ‘plan’ and ‘cause to move forward’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. projectable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 18

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