project

Meaning

Noun

1. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
2. (US, plural-normally) An urban, low-income housing building.
3. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
4. (US) A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
5. (obsolete) A projectile.
6. (obsolete) A projection.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
2. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
3. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
4. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
5. (reflexive, transitive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
6. (transitive) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
7. To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
8. 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.
9. (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
10. (transitive) To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
11. (intransitive) To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.

Synonyms

plan

scheme

design

protrude

stick out

jut out

undertaking

program

cast

throw

jut

contrive

stand out

intention

programme

plot

projection

enterprise

layout

overhang

push out

proposal

draft

pitch

task

screen

hurl

blueprint

schedule

diagram

reflect

bulge

envision

plane

visualise

picture

lob

toss

visualize

launch

labor

image

see

👀

fancy

figure

purpose

fling

business

propose

show

Translations

projet

progetto

Projekt

proyecto

projeto

proyectar

project

projizieren

Entwurf

projeter

proje

planen

Plan

proiettare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/

Etymology

From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).

Sentences

We want to include all of our partners in this project .

The project was , however , not funded , because of financial problems .

Memotech did not receive funding they expected from the British government for this project .

Thus it was the second irrigation project to be implemented in Punjab .

Behind it is the site of the former 'Fawdon Park House' Housing Project .