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Project Definiton

The document defines the noun and verb forms of the word "project". As a noun, a project can refer to a specific plan, scheme, or planned undertaking. It can also refer to a housing development built according to a single plan. As a verb, to project means to devise a plan in the mind, to throw or cast something forward, or to display something outwardly such as to an audience. Synonyms for the noun form include plan, design, scheme, and program, while synonyms for the verb form include jut out and protrude.

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Project Definiton

The document defines the noun and verb forms of the word "project". As a noun, a project can refer to a specific plan, scheme, or planned undertaking. It can also refer to a housing development built according to a single plan. As a verb, to project means to devise a plan in the mind, to throw or cast something forward, or to display something outwardly such as to an audience. Synonyms for the noun form include plan, design, scheme, and program, while synonyms for the verb form include jut out and protrude.

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project

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noun
proj·ect ˈprä-ˌjekt   

-jikt,

 also  ˈprō-

1
: a specific plan or design : SCHEME

2
obsolete : IDEA

3
: a planned undertaking: such as
a
: a definitely formulated piece of research
b
: a large usually government-supported undertaking
c
: a task or problem engaged in usually by a group of students to
supplement and apply classroom studies

4
: a usually public housing development consisting of houses or
apartments built and arranged according to a single plan
project
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verb
pro·ject prə-ˈjekt 
projected; projecting; projects

transitive verb
1
a
: to devise in the mind : DESIGN
b
: to plan, figure, or estimate for the future

2
: to throw or cast forward : THRUST

3
: to put or set forth : present for consideration

4
: to cause to jut out

5
: to cause (light or shadow) to fall into space or (an image) to fall on a
surface

6
: to reproduce (something, such as a point, line, or area) on a surface by
motion in a prescribed direction

7
: to display outwardly especially to an audience

8
: to attribute (one's own ideas, feelings, or characteristics) to other
people or to objects
a nation is an entity on which one can project many of the worst of one's
instincts The Times Literary Supplement (London)

intransitive verb
1
: to jut out : PROTRUDE

2
a
: to come across vividly : give an impression
b
: to make oneself heard clearly

projectable 
prə-ˈjek-tə-bəl 
 adjective

Synonyms
Noun
 arrangement
 blueprint
 design
 game
 game plan
 ground plan
 master plan
 plan
 program
 road map
 scheme
 strategy
 system
Verb
 bag
 balloon
 beetle
 belly
 billow
 bulge
 bunch
 jut
 overhang
 poke
 pooch [chiefly dialect]
 pouch
 pout
 protrude
 stand out
 start
 stick out
 swell
See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus 

Choose the Right Synonym for project


PLAN, DESIGN, PLOT, SCHEME, PROJECT mean a method
devised for making or doing something or achieving an end.
PLAN always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic
representation.
plans for a house

DESIGN often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of


achieved order or harmony.
a design for a new dress
PLOT implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with
attention to their relations and proportions.
the plot of the play

SCHEME stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a


plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest.
a scheme to defraud the government

PROJECT often stresses imaginative scope and vision.


a project to develop the waterfront

Example Sentences
Nounan ambitious project to develop the city's
waterfrontVerbHe projected next year's costs as being slightly higher
than this year's.It's difficult to project funding needs so far into the
future.an athlete who projects a positive image to young peopleWe need
an actor who projects a tough-guy image.

Recent Examples on the Web


Noun
Unleashing a tempest without the help of supernatural beings proved to
be a major undertaking, so the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
sent a postdoctoral researcher, Anya Hopple, to help lead
the project. Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022For
the first phase of the two-phase project, covering about 17,000 square
feet, Gold’s team removed about 13,000 square feet of thirsty lawn
around the house, which sits atop a rise. Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego
Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022

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