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English

Pronunciation

RP, US, and Canadian pronunciation, including audio
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  • Noun:
    • (Canada): IPA: /ˈpɹɑdʒɛk̚t/
    • (RP) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊʤɛkt/, /pɹɒʤɛkt/, SAMPA: /"pr@UdZEkt/, /"prQdZEkt/
    • (US): IPA: /ˈpɻɑʤɛkt/
    • Audio (Canada) (noun)
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  • 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

Singular project

Plural projects

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.

Verb

Infinitive to project

Third person singular projects

Simple past projected

Past participle projected

Present participle projecting

to 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.

Synonyms

Translations

extend beyond a surface
  • German: hervorragen (1), herausragen (1), projizieren (1)
  • Swahili: miradi sw(sw)
cast (image/shadow)
  • Hebrew: הקרין he(he) (hikrín)
  • Swahili: miradi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: projicera
extend outward
  • Swedish: projicera
make plans for; forecast
  • German: projizieren de(de), planen de(de)
  • Hebrew: תכנן he(he) (tikhnén), ציפה he(he) (tzipá)
  • Swahili: miradi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: projektera

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

project n. (plural projecten, diminutive projectje, diminutive plural projectjes)

  1. project (planned endeavo(u)r)

 

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