project
project (prŏjʹĕkt, -ĭkt) noun
1. A plan or proposal; a scheme. See synonyms at plan.
2. An undertaking requiring concerted effort: a community cleanup project; a government-funded irrigation project.
3. An extensive task undertaken by a student or group of students to apply, illustrate, or supplement classroom lessons.
4. A housing project.
verb
project projected, projecting, projects (prə-jĕktʹ)
verb, transitive
1. To thrust outward or forward: project one's jaw in defiance.
2. To throw forward; hurl: project an arrow.
3. To send out into space; cast: project a light beam.
4. To cause (an image) to appear on a surface: projected the slide onto a screen.
5. Mathematics. To produce (a projection).
6. To direct (one's voice) so as to be heard clearly at a distance.
7. Psychology. To externalize and attribute (an emotion, for example) to someone or something else.
8. To convey an impression of to an audience or to others: a posture that projects defeat; projected a positive corporate image.
9. To form a plan or an intention for: project a new business enterprise.
10. To calculate, estimate, or predict (something in the future), based on present data or trends: projecting next year's expenses and income.
verb, intransitive
1. To extend forward or out; jut out: beams that project beyond the eaves. See synonyms at bulge.
2. To direct one's voice so as to be heard clearly at a distance.
[Middle English projecte, from Latin prōiectum, projecting structure from neuter past participle of prōicere, to throw out : prō-, forth. See pro-1 + iacere, to throw.]
projectʹable adjective