# project

Pronunciation: say "PRO-jekt" US /ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkt/, UK /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/

## Noun

1. A planned undertaking with a specific goal, carried out in several steps or stages.
   - Simple: A planned piece of work with a clear goal, done in several steps.
   - _The construction project will take two years to complete._
   - _Volunteers organized a cleanup project along the riverbank._
7. An urban building or group of buildings offering low-cost accommodation for low-income residents. *(US)*
   - Simple: A building or group of buildings in a city that gives low-cost homes to poor families.
   - _The city demolished an aging housing project downtown._
   - _He spent his teenage years in the projects._
9. A raw recruit a team hopes to develop into a strong player through coaching; a promising long shot.
   - Simple: A young player a team picks hoping good coaching will turn them into a star.
   - _Scouts flagged the lanky teenager as a project worth a late-round pick._
   - _He arrived as a project but became a starter within three seasons._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "pruh-JEKT" /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/

2. To form plans or estimates for a future value or outcome; to forecast based on current information.
   - Simple: To work out ahead of time what something will be, such as future sales or costs.
   - _Analysts project a two percent increase in unemployment._
   - _The budget office projected a deficit for the coming year._
3. To present oneself or convey a particular impression, usually a favorable one.
   - Simple: To show a certain image of yourself to other people, often a good one.
   - _The candidate projected warmth and competence throughout the debate._
   - _Actors learn to project authority with posture alone._
4. To cast an image or shadow onto a surface, or to throw or shoot something forward.
   - Simple: To throw light or an image onto a surface, or to throw something forward.
   - _The old machine projected grainy films onto a bedsheet._
   - _Stadium lights project sharp shadows across the field._
5. To stick out or extend beyond a surface or edge; to make something stick out in this way.
   - Simple: To stick out past the edge or surface of something, or to make something stick out.
   - _A stone balcony projects from the second floor._
   - _Sharp ridges project from the canyon walls._
6. To speak or sing so that one's voice or words carry clearly over a long distance.
   - Simple: To speak or sing loudly and clearly so people far away can hear you.
   - _The actor projected his lines to the very last seats._
   - _Teachers must project their words across a noisy classroom._
8. To attribute one's own qualities, feelings, or attitudes to other people.
   - Simple: To put your own feelings or thoughts onto another person, thinking they feel the same way you do.
   - _She tends to project her anxieties onto her coworkers._
   - _He projected his own ambition onto his children, assuming they shared it._
10. To map a figure onto a surface by drawing straight lines from a fixed point through each of its points.
   - Simple: To map the points of a shape onto a surface by drawing lines from a single fixed point.
   - _Cartographers project the globe's features onto a flat sheet using a single central point._
   - _The method projects every vertex of the solid onto the viewing plane._

## Noun

11. A scheme with no practical chance of success; an impractical or fanciful design. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A plan that sounds nice but cannot really work or be carried out.
12. A part that extends or juts outward from a surface; a protrusion. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A part that sticks out from a surface or edge.
13. An object hurled or discharged through the air, especially as a weapon. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An object thrown or shot through the air as a weapon.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To convert spatial data from one map projection or coordinate system into another.
- (verb) Of a neuron or group of neurons, to extend axons reaching a remote location and thereby influence it.

## Origin

Latin prōiciō meant "throw forth, extend, expel," and its perfect passive participle prōiectus is where the word comes from.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/project (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).