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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at En-us-project.ogg
  • Noun:
    • (Canada): IPA: /ˈpɹɑdʒεk̚t/
    • (RP) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊʤεkt/ or /pɹɒʤεkt/,
    • (US): IPA: /ˈpɻɑʤεkt/


  • Verb:
    • (Canada): IPA: /pɹəˈʤεk̚t/
    • (RP): IPA: /prəˈʤεkt/,
    • (US): IPA: /pɻəˈʤεkt/



Etymology

Noun is from projectum and verb is from projectus.

Noun

  1. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
  2. An urban low-income housing building.


Translations

US: urban low-income housing building

Verb

  1. To extend beyond a surface.


  1. To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface.
  2. To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
  3. To make plans for; to forecast.
  4. :* The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.


Synonyms


Translations

Category:English heteronyms

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Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-project.ogg


Noun

project n

  1. #English|project (planned endeavo(u)r)


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Project \Proj"ect\ (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L.
projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward +
jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf.
Projet.]
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1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
[Obs.] --Holland.
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2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or
devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
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Vented much policy, and projects deep. --Milton.
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Projects of happiness devised by human reason.
--Rogers.
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He entered into the project with his customary
ardor. --Prescott.
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3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given
to projects.
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Syn: Design; scheme; plan; purpose.

Usage: Project, Design. A project is something of a
practical nature thrown out for consideration as to
its being done. A design is a project when matured and
settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious
man has many projects, but, if governed by sound
sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See
also Scheme.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Project \Pro*ject"\, v. i.
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1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be
prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches
project from the tree.
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2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] --Fuller.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
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1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
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Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser.
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Behold! th' ascending villas on my side
Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope.
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2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to
devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
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What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton.
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3. (Persp.) 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.
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WordNet project
n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, task,
labor]
2: a planned undertaking [syn: projection]
v 1: communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings"
2: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
"A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out,
protrude, jut out, jut]
3: transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
4: project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the
screen"
5: cause to be heard; "His voice projects well"
6: draw a projection of
7: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan
an attack" [syn: plan, contrive, design]
8: present for consideration [syn: propose]
9: 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" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision,
fancy, see, figure, picture, image]
10: 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" [syn: cast, contrive, throw]
11: throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" [syn: {send
off}]
12: regard as objective [syn: externalize, externalise]
Moby Dictionary
activity , actualize , adumbrate , adventure , affair , aftertime ,
afteryears , aim , aim at , aller sans dire , ambition , animus ,
anticipate , approach , arrange , aspiration , aspire after , aspire to ,
assignment , attempt , await , be after , be destined , be fated ,
be imminent , be manifest , be no secret , be to be , be to come ,
beetle , blast off , blueprint , body forth , bristle up , business ,
busywork , by-and-by , calculate , cast , chare , charge , chart , chore ,
chuck , circumambulate , cock up , come , come across , come on ,
commission , commitment , conceive , concern , concert , concoct ,
conjure up , contemplate , contract , contrive , cook up , counsel ,
course ahead , crystal ball , cut out , deal , delineate , demonstrate ,
describe , desideration , desideratum , design , desire , destine ,
determination , determine , determinism , devise , diagram , discharge ,
distant future , dope out , draft , draw near , draw on , draw up ,
drift , drive at , duty , effect , effort , embody , emprise , engagement ,
enterprise , envisage , envision , errand , estimate , eventuality ,
exemplify , exercise , expect , expectation , exploit , extend ,
extend out , exteriorize , externalize , extrapolate , extrude , feat ,
feature , figure , fire , fish to fry , fixed purpose , fling , forecast ,
foresee , foreshadow , foresight , foretell , forward look , frame ,
function , future , future tense , futurism , futurity , game plan ,
gest , glare , go for , go without saying , hang out , hang over ,
harbor a design , have every intention , hereafter , homework , hope ,
hurl , idea , illustrate , image , imagine , immediate future ,
immediate prospect , imminence , impend , impend over , impersonate ,
incarnate , intend , intendment , intent , intention , invent , jaculate ,
job , job of work , jut , jut out , labor , launch , lay plans , layout ,
lengthen , lie ahead , lob , look for , look forward to , loom ,
make a projection , make arrangements , make-work , matter ,
matters in hand , mean , meander , meaning , methodize , mind , mirror ,
mission , mooch , motive , near , near future , need no explanation ,
nisus , objectify , obligation , occupation , odd job , offing ,
operation , organize , outline , outlook , overhang , personate ,
personify , piece of work , plan , plan ahead , plot , point , poke ,
poke out , posteriority , pouch , pout , prearrange , predict ,
prediction , prefigure , prepare , present , pretypify , probability ,
program , project over , projection , prolong , propel , prophecy ,
prophesy , proposal , propose , proposition , prospect , prospectus ,
protrude , protuberate , purport , purpose , put forth , put forward ,
ramble , range , rationalize , realize , reckon , reflect , resolution ,
resolve , rove , sake , sauter aux yeux , scenario , schedule ,
schematize , scheme , screen , see , service , set up , shadow ,
shadow forth , shape , shoot , shoot out , shoot up , shout , show ,
speak for itself , stand out , start up , stick out , stick up , stint ,
straggle , strategy , stray , strike the eye , striving , study ,
systematize , task , the future , the morrow , the sweet by-and-by ,
thing , things to do , think , think up , threaten , throw , thrust over ,
time ahead , time just ahead , time to come , tomorrow , toss , traject ,
transmit , undertaking , venture , view , vision , visualize , will ,
work , work out , work up


FOLDOC PROJECT

Subsystem of ICES. Sammet 1969, p.616.


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