project
verbCA, US, UK /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/ · AU, NZ /pɹəˈd͡ʒekt/
Etymology From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).
12 senses
- 1To extend beyond a surface.
- 2To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or…
- 3To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- 4To make plans for; to forecast.
- 5To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression…
- 6To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's…
- 7To change the projection (or coordinate system) of…
- 8To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every…
- 9(of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s)…
- 10To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
- 11To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at…
- 12To extend to reach a point.
To extend beyond a surface.
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- Before his feet her selfe she did proiect1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 45:
- Behold! th' ascending villas on my side / Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
To make plans for; to forecast.
- The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.
- To form a strict alliance between the cabinets of Paris and London—which meant, that he should influence both,—to induce Charles to marry the loveliest of his nieces, Hortense—thus making a common interest between them, were now the great objects with the Cardinal; and the present visit was of his projecting.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 172:
1 more example
- projecting Peace and Warr?1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- 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.1946, Dr. Ralph S. Banay, The Milwaukee Journal, Is Modern Woman a Failure:
Human sciences, Medicine, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Sciences To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
Cartography, Geography, Natural sciences To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
- to project one's voice
To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
- You would think that topic coulda put me to sleep, but HE can really project when HE wants to.2016, Sam Esmail, Courtney Looney, Mr. Robot: Red Wheelbarrow: eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt, Abrams Books, New York City, →ISBN:
Figuratively To extend to reach a point.
- When a word occurs only in Indo-European languages of northern or western Europe, for instance, projecting that word back to Proto-Indo-European is considered dubious.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 27:
- Derived terms
- misproject, projective
- Related terms
- extrapolate