project
Other forms: projects; projected; projecting
A project is a piece of work that is planned or intended. Plan a little extra time for your gingerbread house project — gluing the walls and roof can take a while.
If you call a person your project, pronounced PRAH-jekt, it means you are trying to improve them by telling them how to behave, etc. As a verb, pronounced pro-JEKT, it means to jut out literally — The fireplace projects into the dining room — or figuratively — Try to project your ideas forcefully. If you assume another person is feeling the same things you are, you are projecting your feelings onto them.
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a planned undertakingsynonyms: projection
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any piece of work that is undertaken or attemptedsynonyms: labor, task, undertakingexamples:Manhattan Projectcode name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War IItypes:breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkoverany undertaking that is easy to doadventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venturea wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)assignmentan undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)babya project of personal concern to someoneendeavor, endeavour, enterprisea purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)labor of love, labour of loveproductive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensationno-braineranything that requires little thoughtpropositiona task to be dealt withventureany venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcomedoddlean easy taskfraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racketan illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profitjoint venturea venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertiseexperimenta venture at something new or differentforlorn hopea hopeless or desperate enterprisetype of:workactivity directed toward making or doing something
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a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income familiessynonyms: housing project, public housingtype of:housing developmenta residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management
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predict in advancetype of:anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promisemake a prediction about; tell in advance
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make or work out a plan for; devisetypes:plotdevise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)concertcontrive (a plan) by mutual agreementstrategizedevise a strategy, plan, or course of actiontype of:
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imagine; conceive of; see in one's mindtype of:conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagineform a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
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present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
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extend out or project in spacetypes:overhangproject overcantileverproject as a cantileverprotuberateform a rounded prominence
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throw, send, or cast forward
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draw a projection oftype of:drawrepresent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
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project on a screen“The images are projected onto the screen”types:silhouetteproject on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouettetype of:showmake visible or noticeable
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put or send forth
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communicate vividly
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cause to be heard“His voice projects well”type of:cause to be perceivedhave perceptible qualities
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transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into anothertype of:channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transportsend from one person or place to another
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regard as objectivesynonyms: externalise, externalize
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