project
pro
ˈprɑ:
praa
ject
ˌʤɛkt
jekt
/ˈprɒˌdʒɛkt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "project"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻ•āĻžāϜ

a specific task or undertaking that requires effort to complete
project definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her science fair project explored the effects of sunlight on plant growth.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāχāύāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ

a particular task involving careful study of a subject, done by school or college students
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Jane 's project on endangered species won first place in the school competition.
āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻœā§‡āύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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a government-supported housing development offering relatively low rents

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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to guess or predict future outcomes or trends based on current data or analysis
Transitive: to project future outcomes or trends
to project definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you project the growth of online shopping based on recent consumer behavior?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­ā§‹āĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to show or express an emotion or quality through actions or behavior
Transitive: to project a feeling or attitude
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her gestures projected nervousness, even though she tried to remain composed.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϏ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to stick out or extend from a surface or point
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The building's glass windows project outward, giving it a modern look.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋

to make a movie, image, etc. appear on a flat surface from afar
Transitive: to project an image
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He is projecting the latest movie at the film festival right now.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽ āĻĢ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϞ⧇ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to present or make others see a certain image, idea, or perspective
Transitive: to project a certain image or idea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The film director worked hard to project a sense of mystery in the storyline.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to plan or organize something in advance
Transitive: to project a plan
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I projected a detailed plan for the event, including every possible scenario.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āϏāĻšāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to map or transfer the points of one shape or figure onto another
Transitive: to project points of a shape onto a surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The designer projected the original sketch ’s points onto the canvas to scale the design.
āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make a sound loud enough so that it can be heard from far away
Transitive: to project a sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To communicate with the workers across the yard, he had to project his voice loudly.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āύ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to attribute your own emotions, thoughts, or beliefs to someone else, assuming they feel or think the same way
Transitive: to project a feeling onto sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The therapist explained how people often project their anger onto others.
āĻĨ⧇āϰāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to throw or push something so that it moves ahead or outward
Transitive: to project sth to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rocket was projected high into the sky during the launch.
āϰāϕ⧇āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āωāρāϚ⧁āϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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