7. project to throw or impel forward, onward, or outward.
8. project to calculate (some future cost, schedule, etc.).
9. project to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light, an image, or a shadow.
10. project to ascribe (one's own feelings, prejudices, etc.) to another or others.
11. project to cause to jut out or protrude.
12. project Geom.
13. project to transform the points of (one figure) into those of another by a correspondence between points.
14. project to present (an idea, program, etc.) for consideration or action.
15. project to use (one's voice, gestures, etc.) forcefully enough to be heard or understood by all members of an audience.
16. project to communicate clearly and forcefully (one's thoughts, feelings, etc.) to an audience.
17. (v.i.)project to extend or protrude beyond something else.
18. project to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
19. project to communicate clearly and forcefully one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to an audience.
20. project to ascribe one's own feelings, thoughts, or attitudes to another or others.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME project(e) design, plan < ML prōjectum, L: projecting part, n. use of neut. of prōjectus, ptp. of prōicere to throw forward, extend =prō-pro -1+-icere, comb. form of jacere to throw)
Definition of 'project'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)undertaking, project, task, labor any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted "he prepared for great undertakings"
2. (verb)project, projection a planned undertaking
3. (verb)project communicate vividly "He projected his feelings"
4. (verb)stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project extend out or project in space "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
5. (verb)project transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
6. (verb)project project on a screen "The images are projected onto the screen"
7. (verb)project cause to be heard "His voice projects well"
8. (verb)project draw a projection of
9. (verb)plan, project, contrive, design make or work out a plan for; devise "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
10. (verb)project, propose present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
11. (verb)visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
12. (verb)project, cast, contrive, throw put or send forth "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
13. (verb)project, send off throw, send, or castforward "project a missile"
14. (verb)project, externalize, externalise regard as objective
1. (noun)project an organized job or piece of work a project to encourage people to recycle; a project aimed at providing laptops to students in poor countries
2. project school work on a particular subject We're doing a project on our community.
3. (verb)project to predict a future amount, level, etc.; = forecast a survey projecting that sea levels would rise
4. project to stick out; = protrude a long pier projecting out from the shore
5. project to behave in a way that makes people think you have a particularquality Here are four easy steps to help you project confidence.
6. project to show a movie, photograph, etc. through a projector onto a screen a film projected onto the wall
Definition of 'project'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)project the place from which a thing projects, or starts forth
2. (noun)project that which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan
3. (noun)project an idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects
5. (verb)project to cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan
6. (verb)project to draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4
7. (verb)project to shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree