Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
project en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Canada) audio
- /ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkt/ (General-American)
- prŏʹjĕkt' (General-American)
- /ˈpɹɔd͡ʒ.ekt/ (Australia)
- /ˈpɹoʊ.d͡ʒɛkt/ (Canada)
- /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- prŏʹjĭkt (General-American)
- /ˈpɹɑ.d͡ʒɪkt/ (General-American)
- /ˈpɹɐʊ.d͡ʒekt/ (Australia)
- [-d͡ʒɪ̈kt] (General-American)
- /ˈpɹəʊ.dʒɛkt/ (Received-Pronunciation, rare)
- /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/ (Canada)
Etymology
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)).
Meanings
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A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
projects of happiness devised by human reason
a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation:The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.
2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)Rainbow, […]came forward enthusiastically to put its money into the project in sums which ran all the way from one share at ten dollars to ten shares
1924, Clarence Budington Kelland, The Steadfast Heart/Chapter 22:
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(US, plural-normally) An urban, low-income housing building.
Imagine rock up in them projects / Where them niggas pick your pockets
2012, “Money Trees”, in Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, performed by Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay Rock:Experiments when needles and skin connect / No wonder where we live is called the projects
1996, “Stakes is High”, in Stakes Is High, performed by De La Soul:Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.
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(dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
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(US) A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing.
2014 October 27, Gabriele Marcotti, “Ancelotti triumphs, van Gaal's progress, Dortmund disappoint, more”, in ESPN FC:Elway acknowledged at the time that Lynch was a project who needed some seasoning but he expressed hope that Lynch might be a quick study. He wasn't.
2018 September 2, Arnie Melendrez Stapleton, “Broncos cut ties with 2016 first-round pick QB Lynch”, in WNYT:
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(obsolete) A projectile.
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(obsolete) A projection.
Forms
Deriveds
counterproject · project fire · projectome · project engineer · projectability · microproject · project manage · macroproject · astral-project · collaborative project management · megaproject · new nation project · final year project · bioproject · retroject · midproject · projectable · science project · social project management · European project · astroproject · project accounting · projectoscope · deproject · project box · project evaluation and review technique · new country project · project management · capstone project · projectize · projectible · interproject · reproject · project-based learning · project nation · project evaluation review technique · project-oriented · subproject · projectization · housing project · projectment · projectory · multiproject · ghost project · projectise · project manager
Descendants
プロジェクト · 프로젝트 · ፕሮጀክት · pròiseact
Hyponyms
Web project · pilot project · subproject
Synonyms
plan · plan · Tower of Babel · missile · blueprint · design · council estate · scheme · proposal · project · protrusion · protuberance · scheme · plot
Translations (140)
fa-ira پُروژِه (planned endeavor) · lt projektas (planned endeavor) · it ricerca (planned endeavor) · cs projekt (planned endeavor) · eu proiektu (planned endeavor) · ccp 𑄛𑄳𑄢𑄮𑄎𑄬𑄇𑄴𑄑𑄴𑄂 (planned endeavor) · et projekt (planned endeavor) · sv projekt (planned endeavor) · sh про̀јекат (planned endeavor) · fa-ira پِروژِه (planned endeavor) · la inceptum (planned endeavor) · hy նախագիծ (planned endeavor) · sk projekt (planned endeavor) · lv projekts (planned endeavor) · ja 事業 (planned endeavor) · ug پىلان (planned endeavor) · fa-ira نَقْشِه (planned endeavor) · tr proje (planned endeavor) · fa-ira پیشاَفْکَنْد (planned endeavor) · kmr proje (planned endeavor) · oc projecte (planned endeavor) · tl proyekto (planned endeavor) · km ផែនការ (planned endeavor) · fo verkætlan (planned endeavor) · ka პროექტი (planned endeavor) · ru план (planned endeavor) · fa-ira لایِحِه (planned endeavor) · wa pordjet (planned endeavor) · kk жоба (planned endeavor) · fa-ira طَرْح (planned endeavor) · nup etun (planned endeavor) · hi प्रोजैक्ट (planned endeavor) · tl pamalakan (planned endeavor) · nb prosjekt (planned endeavor) · is verkefni (planned endeavor) · id proyek (planned endeavor) · kk жоспар (planned endeavor) · he מֵיזָם (planned endeavor) · mi whakatakanga (planned endeavor) · it studio (planned endeavor) · arz مشروع (planned endeavor) · mt proġett (planned endeavor) · vi kế hoạch (planned endeavor) · tg нақша (planned endeavor) · sl projekt (planned endeavor) · de Projekt (planned endeavor) · tg тарҳ (planned endeavor) · nrf projet (planned endeavor) · ka გეგმა (planned endeavor) · ko 프로젝트 (planned endeavor) · ko 사업 (planned endeavor) · ms projek (planned endeavor) · ar مَشْرُوع (planned endeavor) · el έργο (planned endeavor) · sh pròjekat (planned endeavor) · km គំរោង (planned endeavor) · ms proyek (planned endeavor) · ca projecte (planned endeavor) · ja 団地 (urban low-income housing building) · ps لايحه (planned endeavor) · be план (planned endeavor) · uz loyiha (planned endeavor) · gl proxecto (planned endeavor) · fr projet (planned endeavor) · oc projècte (planned endeavor) · hi योजना (planned endeavor) · ht pwojè (planned endeavor) · ky проект (planned endeavor) · az layihə (planned endeavor) · it progetto (planned endeavor) · lt sumanymas (planned endeavor) · ru прое́кт (planned endeavor) · io projeto (planned endeavor) · cmn 計劃 /计划 (planned endeavor) · kaa proekt (planned endeavor) · cmn 項目 /项目 (planned endeavor) · he פְּרוֹיֶקְט (planned endeavor) · uk проє́кт (planned endeavor) · cmn 方案 (planned endeavor) · ko 계획 (planned endeavor) · uk план (planned endeavor) · is áætlun (planned endeavor) · uz plan (planned endeavor) · as প্ৰকল্প (planned endeavor) · sk plán (planned endeavor) · lo ໂຄງການ (planned endeavor) · sq ndërmarrje (planned endeavor) · ga tionscadal (planned endeavor) · ja 計画 (planned endeavor) · tg лоиҳа (planned endeavor) · mn төсөл (planned endeavor) · tig መሽሩዕ (planned endeavor) · ug لايىھە (planned endeavor) · vi dự án (planned endeavor) · oc project (planned endeavor) · fur progjet (planned endeavor) · cmn 工程 (planned endeavor) · eo projekto (planned endeavor) · uz proyekt (planned endeavor) · nl project (planned endeavor) · bn প্রজেক্ট (planned endeavor) · sh pròjekt (planned endeavor) · bg прое́кт (planned endeavor) · fi projekti (planned endeavor) · pl projekt (planned endeavor) · pl plan (planned endeavor) · mn ᠲᠥᠰᠦᠯ (planned endeavor) · hi परियोजना (planned endeavor) · fi hanke (planned endeavor) · bg план (planned endeavor) · mk проект (planned endeavor) · my ပရိုဂျက် (planned endeavor) · ga togra (planned endeavor) · ckb پرۆژە (planned endeavor) · yi פּראָיעקט (planned endeavor) · ur تَجْوِیز (planned endeavor) · ur مَنصُوبَہ (planned endeavor) · cy prosiect (planned endeavor) · sw mradi (planned endeavor) · ky долбоор (planned endeavor) · af projek (planned endeavor) · cs plán (planned endeavor) · ps نقشه (planned endeavor) · da projekt (planned endeavor) · ro proiect (planned endeavor) · ps پروژه (planned endeavor) · uz tarh (planned endeavor) · hu projekt (planned endeavor) · nup ganmin (planned endeavor) · hu terv (planned endeavor) · th โครงการ (planned endeavor) · ja プロジェクト (planned endeavor) · pt projeto (planned endeavor) · sq projekt (planned endeavor) · be прае́кт (planned endeavor) · nn prosjekt (planned endeavor) · es proyecto (planned endeavor) · sh про̀јект (planned endeavor) · sw miradi (urban low-income housing building) · vi đề án (planned endeavor)
project en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Canada) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /pɹəˈd͡ʒekt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
- prə-jĕktʹ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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)).
Meanings
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(intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
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(transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Behold! th' ascending villas on my side / Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.
1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:Before his feet her selfe she did proiect
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 45:
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(transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
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(transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.
projecting Peace and Warr?
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:To form a strict alliance between the cabinets of Paris and London—which meant, that he should influence both,—to induce Charles to marry the loveliest of his nieces, Hortense—thus making a common interest between them, were now the great objects with the Cardinal; and the present visit was of his projecting.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 172:
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(reflexive, transitive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
It is difficult to gauge the exact point at which women stop trying to fool men and really begin to deceive themselves, but an objective analyst cannot escape the conclusion (1) that partly from a natural device inherent in the species, women deliberately project upon actual or potential suitors an impression of themselves that is not an accurate picture of their total nature, and (2) that few women ever are privileged to see themselves as they really are.
1946, Dr. Ralph S. Banay, The Milwaukee Journal, Is Modern Woman a Failure:
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(transitive) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
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To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
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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.
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(of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
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(transitive) To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
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(intransitive) To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
You would think that topic coulda put me to sleep, but HE can really project when HE wants to.
2016, Sam Esmail, Courtney Looney, Mr. Robot: Red Wheelbarrow: eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt, Abrams Books, New York City, →ISBN:
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(figuratively, transitive) To extend to reach a point.
When a word occurs only in Indo-European languages of northern or western Europe, for instance, projecting that word back to Proto-Indo-European is considered dubious.
2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 27:
Forms
Deriveds
misproject · projective
Relateds
extrapolate
Synonyms
precipitate · hurtle · yeet · toss · whip · whang · dump · warp · stick out · foresee · peg · pick · chuck · throw · cook · shy · project · whop · lob · hoy · pitch · jerk · slight · thrill · jut · launch · extend · exsert · jut · quoit · wing · chunk · bung · extend · cast · fling · cast · traject · sling · heave · feck · dash · hurl · throw · forecast · protrude · foretell · jut out · peck · huck · skew · hield
Translations (109)
pl przewidywać (to make plans for; forecast) · fi ojentaa (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · it proiettare (to cast (image, shadow)) · gl proxectar (to make plans for; forecast) · he ציפה (to make plans for; forecast) · de vorausberechnen (to make plans for; forecast) · sw miradi (to cast (image, shadow)) · sw miradi (to extend beyond a surface) · et kujutama (to cast (image, shadow)) · fi projisoida (to assume about others) · pl wyciągnąć (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · hu kiugrik (to extend beyond a surface) · pl rzucić (to cast (image, shadow)) · fi projisoida (to cast (image, shadow)) · nl projecteren (to assume about others) · mi tōhira (to extend beyond a surface) · de werfen (to cast (image, shadow)) · mi whakawhana (to cast (image, shadow)) · bg изпъ́квам (to extend beyond a surface) · bg проектирам (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · nl (zich) uitstrekken (to extend beyond a surface) · mi whakawhana (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · el προβλέπω (to make plans for; forecast) · el προβάλλω (to extend beyond a surface) · es proyectar (to cast (image, shadow)) · fi nousta (to extend beyond a surface) · gl proxectar (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · de hochrechnen (to make plans for; forecast) · sv projicera (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · de erwarten (to make plans for; forecast) · pl rzucać (to cast (image, shadow)) · hu vetít (to cast (image, shadow)) · fr projeter (to cast (image, shadow)) · th วางแผน (to make plans for; forecast) · gl proxectar (to extend beyond a surface) · nl uitsteken (to extend beyond a surface) · mi kūrae (to extend beyond a surface) · mi tōhira (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · hu vetít (to assume about others) · bg издавам се (to extend beyond a surface) · hu kiszögellik (to extend beyond a surface) · de herausragen (to extend beyond a surface) · it sporgere (to extend beyond a surface) · de vorhersagen (to make plans for; forecast) · de vorspringen (to extend beyond a surface) · sv sträcka ut (to extend beyond a surface) · grc ὑπερέχω (to extend beyond a surface) · sw miradi (to make plans for; forecast) · it sportare (to extend beyond a surface) · mi tukuata (to cast (image, shadow)) · hu kiemelkedik (to extend beyond a surface) · hu kiáll (to extend beyond a surface) · fi tulla esiin (to extend beyond a surface) · ru выступа́ть (to extend beyond a surface) · pl wystawać (to extend beyond a surface) · es proyectar (to extend beyond a surface) · pt projetar (to cast (image, shadow)) · pl planować (to make plans for; forecast) · hu rávetít (to assume about others) · de projizieren (to cast (image, shadow)) · fi heijastaa (to cast (image, shadow)) · nl uitstralen (to present, convey an image) · he תכנן (to make plans for; forecast) · hu kivetít (to assume about others) · el εξέχω (to extend beyond a surface) · th เสนอ (to present, convey an image) · he הקרין (to cast (image, shadow)) · el προβάλλω (to present, convey an image) · fi viestittää (to present, convey an image) · fa پیشبینی کردن (to make plans for; forecast) · mi kūmore (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · de ausfahren (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · hu vet (to cast (image, shadow)) · fi kohota (to extend beyond a surface) · gl proxectar (to cast (image, shadow)) · bg представям (to present, convey an image) · fi langeta (to cast (image, shadow)) · sv projektera (to make plans for; forecast) · es proyectar (to make plans for; forecast) · pl wyciągać (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · fi välittää (to present, convey an image) · cmn 投射 (to cast (image, shadow)) · uk вистава́ти (to extend beyond a surface) · vi suy bụng ta ra bụng người (to assume about others) · bg планирам (to make plans for; forecast) · de hervorragen (to extend beyond a surface) · hu tervez (to make plans for; forecast) · nl voorzien (to make plans for; forecast) · sw miradi (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · cmn 計劃 /计划 (to make plans for; forecast) · sv projicera (to cast (image, shadow)) · hu kidug (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · fi ennustaa (to make plans for; forecast) · mi koutu (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · hu projiciál (to assume about others) · de vorstehen (to extend beyond a surface) · mi koutu (to extend beyond a surface) · de voraussagen (to make plans for; forecast) · nl werpen (to cast (image, shadow)) · es proyectar (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · el προεξέχω (to extend beyond a surface) · de projektieren (to make plans for; forecast) · de planen (to make plans for; forecast) · uk виступа́ти (to extend beyond a surface) · de ragen (to extend beyond a surface) · th ฉาย (to cast (image, shadow)) · ko 돌출(突出)하다 (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward) · de überstehen (to extend beyond a surface) · th ยื่นออกมา (to extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward)