project.
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
Meaning & usage
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
An urban, low-income housing building.
Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.
An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
a man given to projects
A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
A projectile.
A projection.
Where this word comes from
From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).
To extend beyond a surface.
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
To make plans for; to forecast.
The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.
To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
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.
(of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
to project one's voice
To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
To extend to reach a point.
Where this word comes from
From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).
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