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Meaning of 'project'
Meaning of 'project' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Project 
[ n.]
- The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [ n.]- 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. [ v. i.]- To form a project; to scheme.
3. Project [ v. t.]
- To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Example in sentence:
- he prepared for great undertakings
2. project [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- communicate vividly
- communicate vividly
Example in sentence:
- He projected his feelings
Meaning (3):
- present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
- 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 (4):
- extend out or project in space
- extend out or project in space
Example in sentence:
- A single rock sticks out from the cliff;
- His sharp nose jutted out
Meaning (5):
- cause to be heard
- cause to be heard
Example in sentence:
- His voice projects well
Meaning (6):
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- 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 (7):
- throw, send, or cast forward
- throw, send, or cast forward
Example in sentence:
- project a missile
Meaning (8):
- put or send forth
- 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 (9):
- project on a screen
- project on a screen
Example in sentence:
- The images are projected onto the screen
Meaning (10):
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- 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
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