project

Speech parts

1. project - Noun

2. project - Verb

Meaning

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.

To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.

To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.

To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.

To form a project; to scheme.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

design plan task scheme undertaking work program cast proposal draft throw enterprise venture projection assignment
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Antonyms

destroy disorder drift forget improvise individualize
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Hypernyms

work show program direct plan transport

Hyponyms

fork pilot cinch offer map plot

Phrases with the word

project outward laborious project joint project collaborative project common project available project

Derivatives

projected projecting

Examples

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it. Andrea Dworkin

How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time. Fred Brooks

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties. George Soros

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present. Marina Abramovic

The ontological concept of truth is in the centre of a logic which may serve as a model of pre- technological rationality. It is the rationality of a two-dimensional universe of discourse which, contrasts with the of thought and behavior that develop in the execution of the technological project. Herbert Marcuse

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. Napoleon Hill

Close letter words and terms

proisocortical proitor projapygid project accounting project box project engineer