project

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n. [[t]ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt[/t]] or, esp. Brit., [[t]ˈproʊ dʒɛkt[/t]] v. [[t]prəˈdʒɛkt[/t]] n.

1) something that is planned or devised; a plan or scheme

2) a large or important undertaking, esp. one involving considerable expense, personnel, and equipment

3) a specific task of investigation, esp. in scholarship

4) edu a supplementary long-term assignment given by a teacher to students

5) Often, projects

housing project

6) to devise, propose, or plan

7) to throw or impel forward, onward, or outward

8) to calculate (some future cost, schedule, etc.)

9) to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light, an image, or a shadow

10) to ascribe (one's own feelings, prejudices, etc.) to another or others

11) to cause to jut out or protrude

12) math. Geom.

to transform the points of (one figure) into those of another by a correspondence between points

13) to present (an idea, program, etc.) for consideration or action

14) to use (one's voice, gestures, etc.) forcefully enough to be heard or understood by all members of an audience

15) to communicate clearly and forcefully (one's thoughts, feelings, etc.) to an audience

16) to extend or protrude beyond something else

17) to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater

18) to communicate clearly and forcefully one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to an audience

19) psl to ascribe one's own feelings, thoughts, or attitudes to another or others

pro•ject pro•ject 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- I+-icere, comb. form of jacere to throw pro•ject′a•ble, adj. pro•ject′ing•ly, adv.