'Project' definitions:
Definition of 'project'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor]
noun
A planned undertaking [syn: project, projection]
verb
Communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings"
verb
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, project]
verb
Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
verb
Project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen"
verb
Cause to be heard; "His voice projects well"
verb
Draw a projection of
verb
Make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design]
verb
Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" [syn: project, propose]
verb
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, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image]
verb
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: project, cast, contrive, throw]
verb
Throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" [syn: project, send off]
verb
Regard as objective [syn: project, externalize, externalise]
Definition of 'Project'
From: GCIDE
- Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n. Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. [1913 Webster]
- Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. [1913 Webster]
- What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Project'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan. [1913 Webster]
- Vented much policy, and projects deep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Projects of happiness devised by human reason. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
- He entered into the project with his customary ardor. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Project'
From: GCIDE
- Project \Pro*ject"\, v. i. [1913 Webster]
- 1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'project'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Project'
- Projected,
- Projecting,
- Projection,
- Projectment,
- Conical projection,
- Counter project,
- Cylindric projection,
- Globular projection,
- Gnomonic projection,
- Homolographic projection,
- Horizontal projection,
- Isometrical projection,
- Manhattan Project,
- Mercator's projection,
- Oblique projection,
- Plane of projection,
- Polar projection,
- Polyconic projection,
- Powder of projection,
- Spherical projection,
- Stereographic projection,
- a projective tariff,
- acoustic projection,
- classroom project,
- conformal projection,
- conic projection,
- homolosine projection,
- housing project,
- map projection,
- mercator projection,
- orthomorphic projection,
- pilot project,
- projection screen,
- projective device,
- projective geometry,
- projective technique,
- projective test,
- research project,
- sinusoidal projection,
- sound projection,
- water project,
- Projection of a point on a plane,
- human genome project,
- Projection of a straight line of a plane,
- equal-area projection,
- sanson-flamsteed projection,
- defense advanced research projects agency,
- equal-area map projection