n.
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ˈprɒdʒɛkt/
- an enterprise carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.
▸a proposed or planned undertaking.
- a piece of research work by a school or college student.
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(also housing project)
N. Amer. a government-subsidized estate or block of homes.
v.
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prəˈdʒɛkt/
- estimate or forecast on the basis of present trends.
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[often as adj. projected]
plan.
- protrude.
- throw or cause to move forward or outward.
▸cause (light, shadow, or an image) to fall on a surface.
▸cause (a sound) to be heard at a distance.
▸imagine as having moved to a different place or time.
- present or promote.
▸display (an emotion or quality) in one's behaviour.
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(project something on to)
attribute an emotion to (another person), especially unconsciously.
- Geometry draw straight lines through (a given figure) to produce a corresponding figure on a surface or line.
- represent (the earth's surface, the heavens, etc.) on a plane surface.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘preliminary design, tabulated statement’): from L. projectum ‘something prominent’, neut. past part. of proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’.