Definitions for project
ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt or, esp. Brit., ˈproʊ dʒɛkt; prəˈdʒɛktproject

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. undertaking, project, task, labornoun

   any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

   "he prepared for great undertakings"

2. project, projectionverb

   a planned undertaking

3. projectverb

   communicate vividly

   "He projected his feelings"

4. stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, projectverb

   extend out or project in space

   "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

5. projectverb

   transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another

6. projectverb

   project on a screen

   "The images are projected onto the screen"

7. projectverb

   cause to be heard

   "His voice projects well"

8. projectverb

   draw a projection of

9. plan, project, contrive, designverb

   make or work out a plan for; devise

   "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

10. project, proposeverb

    present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.

    "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"

11. visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, imageverb

    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. project, cast, contrive, throwverb

    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. project, send offverb

    throw, send, or cast forward

    "project a missile"

14. project, externalize, externaliseverb

    regard as objective

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. projectnoun

   A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

2. projectnoun

   An urban low-income housing building.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

3. projectnoun

   A projectile.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

4. projectnoun

   A projection.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

5. projectverb

   To extend beyond a surface.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

6. projectverb

   To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

7. projectverb

   To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

8. projectverb

   To make plans for; to forecast.

   The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

9. projectverb

   To present (oneself), to convey a certian impression, usually in a good way.

   Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

10. projectverb

    To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

    Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Projectnoun

   the place from which a thing projects, or starts forth

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

2. Projectnoun

   that which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

3. Projectnoun

   an idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

4. Projectverb

   to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

5. Projectverb

   to cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

6. Projectverb

   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

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

7. Projectverb

   to shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

8. Projectverb

   to form a project; to scheme

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Project

   A project in business and science is typically defined as a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. Projects can be further defined as temporary rather than permanent social systems that are constituted by teams within or across organizations to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Project

   prōj′ekt, n. a plan: a scheme: contrivance. [O. Fr. project (Fr. projet)—L. projectum—pro, before, jacĕre, to throw.]

2. Project

   prō-jekt′, v.t. to throw out or forward: to cast forward in the mind: to contrive or devise: to exhibit (as in a mirror): 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: to exhibit in relief.—v.i. to shoot forward: to jut out: to be prominent.—adj. Projec′tile, projecting or throwing forward: impelling or impelled forward: that can be thrust forward.—n. a body projected by force, esp. through the air: a cannon or rifle ball.—adj. Projec′ting.—n. Projec′tion, the act of projecting: that which juts out: a plan or design: a delineation: a representation of any object on a plane, esp. (geom.) the earth's surface: (alch.) the act of throwing anything into a crucible, hence the act or result of transmutation of metals: the crisis of any process, esp. a culinary process.—adj. Projec′tive, produced by projection: (geom.) capable, as two plane figures, of being derived from one another by a number of projections and sections.—ns. Projectiv′ity; Project′ment (rare), design; Projec′tor, one who projects or forms schemes: a parabolic mirror: a camera for throwing an image on a screen; Projec′ture, a jutting out beyond the main line or surface.—Mercator's projection, a map of the world with meridian lines which are straight and parallel, and with parallels of latitude at distances from each other, increasing towards the poles, invented by the Flemish cosmographer, Mercator, in 1550.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. project

   A future amount, quantity or number.

   They did project they can hire the marquee for their wedding on the farm.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 18, 2020  

2. project

   A perfect, accurate, easy, simple, structured, specific and detailed plan.

   The project was mapped before the date and well thought through so was easily achieved.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020  

3. project

   To intend or plan to do

   They do project forward an efficient and effective delivery date for the goods and services.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020  

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1. project

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Matched Categories

1. • Attribute
   • Cause To Be Perceived
   • Communicate
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Draw
   • Imagine
   • Propel
   • Psychology
   • Send
   • Show
   • Transfer
   • Work

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #684

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Written Corpus Frequency: #938

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Nouns Frequency: #190

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Verbs Frequency: #930

How to pronounce project?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of project in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of project in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of project in a Sentence

1. Angela Merkel:

   The asylum issue could be the next big project where we show whether we're capable of working together.

2. John Strang:

   We just concluded a two-year project bringing together specialists who either published in this are or working with this co-occurrence to produce a set of guidelines, hopefully those will be out soon.

3. Mario Silva:

   Terra Peregrin wants to be a minority shareholder, without control, but with a relevant stake of a group in Brazil which has holdings in other (geographic) areas, we want to return to the corporate project of this leader in the Portuguese-speaking world, involving 260 million people and more than 110 million clients.

4. Michael McKinley:

   I feel that this is not the way we maintain the integrity of the work we do beyond our borders. We're meant to project nonpartisanship overseas.

5. Yoshinori Mizutani:

   I had an uncanny feeling when I first saw them, i decided to work on 'Tokyo Parrots,' a project that captures a surreal and extraordinary urban landscape.

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