project

♦♦

projects, projecting, projected

(The noun is pronounced [[t]prɒ̱ʤekt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]prəʤe̱kt[/t]].)

1) N-COUNT: oft supp N A project is a task that requires a lot of time and effort.

Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam.

...an international science project...

Besides film and record projects, I have continued to work in the theater.

Syn:

scheme

2) N-COUNT A project is a detailed study of a subject by a pupil or student.

Students complete projects for a personal tutor, working at home at their own pace.

3) VERB If something is projected, it is planned or expected.

[be V-ed to-inf] Africa's mid-1993 population is projected to more than double by 2025...

[V n] The government had been projecting a 5% consumer price increase for the entire year.

[V-ed] ...a projected deficit of $1.5 million.

4) VERB If you project someone or something in a particular way, you try to make people see them in that way. If you project a particular feeling or quality, you show it in your behaviour.

[V n] Bradley projects a natural warmth and sincerity...

[V pron-refl as n] He just hasn't been able to project himself as the strong leader...

[V n as n] His first job will be to project Glasgow as a friendly city...

[V-ed] The initial image projected was of a caring, effective president.

5) VERB If you project feelings or ideas on to other people, you imagine that they have the same ideas or feelings as you.

[V n on/onto/upon n] He projects his own thoughts and ideas onto her.

6) VERB If you project a film or picture onto a screen or wall, you make it appear there.

[V n] The team tried projecting the maps with two different projectors onto the same screen.

7) VERB If something projects, it sticks out above or beyond a surface or edge. [FORMAL]

[V prep/adv] ...the remains of a war-time defence which projected out from the shore.

[V-ing] ...a piece of projecting metal.

8) → See also housing project