What does project mean?
Definitions for project
ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt or, esp. Brit., ˈproʊ dʒɛkt; prəˈdʒɛktpro·ject
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word project.
Princeton's WordNet
undertaking, project, task, labor(noun)
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"he prepared for great undertakings"
project, projection(verb)
a planned undertaking
project(verb)
communicate vividly
"He projected his feelings"
stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project(verb)
extend out or project in space
"His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
project(verb)
transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
project(verb)
project on a screen
"The images are projected onto the screen"
project(verb)
cause to be heard
"His voice projects well"
project(verb)
draw a projection of
plan, project, contrive, design(verb)
make or work out a plan for; devise
"They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
project, propose(verb)
present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
"He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image(verb)
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"
project, cast, contrive, throw(verb)
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"
project, send off(verb)
throw, send, or cast forward
"project a missile"
project, externalize, externalise(verb)
regard as objective
Wiktionary
project(Noun)
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.
project(Noun)
An urban low-income housing building.
Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.
project(Noun)
A projectile.
Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.
project(Noun)
A projection.
Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.
project(Verb)
To extend beyond a surface.
Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.
project(Verb)
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface.
Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.
project(Verb)
To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.
project(Verb)
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.
project(Verb)
To present (oneself), to convey a certian impression, usually in a good way.
Etymology: Noun from proiectum, from proiectus, perfect passive participle of proicio.
project(Verb)
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
Project(noun)
the place from which a thing projects, or starts forth
Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
Project(noun)
that which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan
Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
Project(noun)
an idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects
Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
Project(verb)
to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth
Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
Project(verb)
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.]
Project(verb)
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.]
Project(verb)
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.]
Project(verb)
to form a project; to scheme
Etymology: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
Freebase
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
Project
prōj′ekt, n. a plan: a scheme: contrivance. [O. Fr. project (Fr. projet)—L. projectum—pro, before, jacĕre, to throw.]
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
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, 2020project
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, 2020project
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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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #684
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Written Corpus Frequency: #938
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Nouns Frequency: #190
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'project' in Verbs Frequency: #930
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of project in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of project in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of project in a Sentence
The Russia project will be the biggest lever and have the biggest impact ... We don't have a plan B.
Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova:
We are currently reviewing the shareholder agreement article by article. Our request is for Westinghouse to come as a strategic investor who participates in the project with real, fresh financial resources and stays in as long as possible, what we have asked for from Westinghouse is to have a 49 percent participation in the project and invest into the plan according to the stake.
The United States has an undiminished ability to shape events and build alliances of free people, we can project power and enforce peaceful stability in far-off areas of the globe.
People click own pic with the celebrity not at all for his or her popularity , but for posting the same on their social media account or showing it to others in the society to project ownselves only as famous personality.
I don't think (Libra has a chance in its current form), because central banks will not accept the basket of currencies underpinning it, the project, in this form, has thus failed.
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Translations for project
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- projekAfrikaans
- مشروعArabic
- праектBelarusian
- проектBulgarian
- প্রজেক্টBengali
- projecteCatalan, Valencian
- projektCzech
- prosiectWelsh
- projektDanish
- vorspringen, voraussagen, projizieren, erwarten, vorausberechnen, werfen, Projekt, ragen, hochrechnen, überstehen, ausfahren, projektieren, hervorragen, planen, vorstehen, herausragen, vorhersagenGerman
- σχέδιοGreek
- projektoEsperanto
- proyecto, proyectarSpanish
- kujutamaEstonian
- پروژه, پیشافکند, پیشبینی کردنPersian
- langeta, projekti, projisoida, hanke, suunnitelma, heijastaaFinnish
- projeter, projetFrench
- proxectoGalician
- הקרין, מיזם, תכנן, פרויקט, ציפהHebrew
- pwojèHaitian Creole
- vetít, projekt, vet, terv, tervezHungarian
- proyekIndonesian
- studio, sporgere, sportare, ricerca, progettoItalian
- プロジェクト, 計画, 団地Japanese
- 계획, 計劃Korean
- inceptum, projectLatin
- projektsLatvian
- koutu, kūraeMāori
- projekMalay
- proġettMaltese
- projectDutch
- prosjektNorwegian
- projektPolish
- projetoPortuguese
- proiectRomanian
- проект, план, выступатьRussian
- пројекат, projekt, пројект, projekatSerbo-Croatian
- sträcka ut, projektera, projicera, projektSwedish
- miradi, mradiSwahili
- திட்டம்Tamil
- ప్రాజెక్ట్Telugu
- projeTurkish
- проектUkrainian
- đề án, kế hoạchVietnamese
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