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project - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'project' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Project [ n.]
- The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
- That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
- An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.
2 . Project [ v. i.]
- To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.
- To form a project; to scheme.
3 . Project [ v. t.]
- To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
- 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.

Meaning of 'project' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . project [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Example in sentence:
  • he prepared for great undertakings
2 . project [ v]
Meaning (2):
- extend out or project in space
Example in sentence:
  • A single rock sticks out from the cliff;
  • His sharp nose jutted out
Meaning (3):
- put or send forth
Example in sentence:
  • cast a spell;
  • cast a warm light;
  • She threw the flashlight beam into the corner;
  • The setting sun threw long shadows
Meaning (4):
- make or work out a plan for; devise
Example in sentence:
  • design a new sales strategy;
  • plan an attack;
  • They contrived to murder their boss
Meaning (5):
- communicate vividly
Example in sentence:
  • He projected his feelings
Meaning (6):
- present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism;
  • She proposed a new theory of relativity;
  • The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer
Meaning (7):
- cause to be heard
Example in sentence:
  • His voice projects well
Meaning (8):
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Example in sentence:
  • I can see a risk in this strategy;
  • I can see what will happen;
  • I can't see him on horseback!
Meaning (9):
- throw, send, or cast forward
Example in sentence:
  • project a missile
Meaning (10):
- project on a screen
Example in sentence:
  • The images are projected onto the screen