project

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audio (US) (file) Noun: (Canada): IPA: /ˈpɹɑdʒɛk̚t/ (RP'): IPA: /ˈpɹəʊʤɛkt/, /pɹɒʤɛkt/, SAMPA: /"pr@UdZEkt/, /"prQdZEkt/ (US): IPA: /ˈpɻɑʤɛkt/ Audio (Canada) (noun) (file) Verb: (Canada): IPA: /pɹəˈʤɛk̚t/ (RP'): IPA: /prəˈʤɛkt/, SAMPA: /pr@"dZEkt/ (US): IPA: /pɻəˈʤɛkt/ Audio (Canada) (verb) (file) Rhymes: -ɛkt

Etymology

Noun from Latin prōiectum (“projection”), from prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).

Noun

project (plural projects)

1. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
2. (US) An urban low-income housing building.
3. (obsolete) A projectile.
4. (obsolete) A projection.

Translations

planned endeavor

Arabic: مشروع (mašrūʕ) m. Bengali: প্রজেক্ট (bn) (prôjekţ) Chinese: 計劃, 计划 (jìhuà), 方案 (fāng'àn), Croatian: projekt (hr) m. Czech: projekt (cs) m. Danish: projekt (da) Dutch: project (nl) n. Esperanto: projekto Finnish: suunnitelma (fi), hanke (fi) French: projet (fr) m. German: Projekt (de) n. Haitian Creole: pwojè Hebrew: פרויקט (he) (proyékt) m., מיזם (he) (meizám) m. Hungarian: terv (hu), projekt (hu) Indonesian: proyek Italian: progetto (it) m., studio (it) m., ricerca (it) f. Japanese: プロジェクト (purojekuto), 計画 (けいかく, keikaku)

Karakalpak: proekt Korean: 계획 (gyehoek) Kurdish: پرۆژه‌ Malay: projek Maltese: proġett (mt) m. Norwegian: prosjekt (no) n. Persian: پروژه (fa) Polish: projekt (pl) m. Portuguese: projeto (pt) m. Romanian: proiect n. Russian: план (ru) (plan) m., проект (ru) (proékt) m. Spanish: proyecto (es) m. Swahili: mradi (sw) Swedish: projekt (sv) n. Turkish: proje (tr) Welsh: prosiect (cy) m.

Urban low-income housing building

Swahili: miradi (sw)

Verb

project (third-person singular simple present projects, present participle projecting, simple past and past participle projected)

1. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
2. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface.
3. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
4. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.

   The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.

5. (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certian impression, usually in a good way.
   • 1946, Dr. Ralph S. Banay, The Milwaukeee Journal, Is Modern Woman a Failure:

     It is difficult to gauge the exact point at which women stop trying to fool men and really begin to deceive themselves, but an objective analyst cannot escape the conclusion (1) that partly from a natural device inherent in the species, women deliberately project upon actual or potential suitors an impression of themselves that is not an accurate picture of their total nature, and (2) that few women ever are privileged to see themselves as they really are.

6. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

Synonyms

• (extend beyond a surface): jut, jut out, protrude, stick out
• (cast image/shadow): cast, throw
• (extend outward): extend, jut, jut out
• (make plans for; forecast): forecast, foresee, foretell,

Translations

extend beyond a surface

German: hervorragen (1), herausragen (1), projizieren (1) Swahili: miradi (sw)

Swedish: sträcka ut (sv)

cast (image/shadow)

Estonian: kujutama (et) Finnish: heijastaa (fi), langeta (fi), projisoida (fi) French: projeter (fr) German: projizieren (de)

Hebrew: הקרין (he) (hikrín) Swahili: miradi (sw) Swedish: projicera (sv)

extend outward

German: projizieren (de) Swahili: miradi (sw)

Swedish: projicera (sv)

make plans for; forecast

German: projizieren (de), planen (de) Hebrew: תכנן (he) (tikhnén), ציפה (he) (tzipá)

Swahili: miradi (sw) Swedish: projektera (sv)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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Noun

project n. (plural projecten, diminutive projectje)

1. project (planned endeavo(u)r)