project

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: undertakingtasklaborprojectionstick outprotrudejut outjutplancontrivedesignpropose

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted“he prepared for great undertakings”Synonyms: undertakingtasklabor
  2. a planned undertakingSynonyms: projection

Verb (12)

  1. communicate vividly“He projected his feelings”
  2. extend out or project in space“His sharp nose jutted out”“A single rock sticks out from the cliff”Synonyms: stick outprotrudejut outjut
  3. transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
  4. project on a screen“The images are projected onto the screen”
  5. cause to be heard“His voice projects well”
  6. draw a projection of
  7. make or work out a plan for; devise“They contrived to murder their boss”“design a new sales strategy”“plan an attack”Synonyms: plancontrivedesign
  8. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.“He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism”“She proposed a new theory of relativity”Synonyms: propose
  9. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind“I can't see him on horseback!”“I can see what will happen”“I can see a risk in this strategy”Synonyms: visualizevisualiseenvisionfancyseefigurepictureimage
  10. put or send forth“She threw the flashlight beam into the corner”“The setting sun threw long shadows”“cast a spell”“cast a warm light”Synonyms: castcontrivethrow
  11. throw, send, or cast forward“project a missile”Synonyms: send off
  12. regard as objectiveSynonyms: externalizeexternalise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Project \Proj"ect\ (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Projet.] [1913 Webster]

1.The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan. [1913 Webster]

Vented much policy, and projects deep.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Projects of happiness devised by human reason.— Rogers.[1913 Webster]
He entered into the project with his customary ardor.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]

3.An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Design; scheme; plan; purpose.

Usage: Project, Design. A project is something of a practical nature thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See also Scheme. [1913 Webster]

Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n. Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.] [1913 Webster]

1.To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. [1913 Webster]

Before his feet herself she did project.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. [1913 Webster]

What sit then projecting peace and war?— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.(Persp.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Project \Pro*ject"\, v. i. [1913 Webster]

1.To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree. [1913 Webster]

2.To form a project; to scheme. [R.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

PROJECT

Subsystem of ICES. Sammet 1969, p.616.

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