project
noun
• an individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.
• "a research project"
• a government-subsidized housing development with relatively low rents.
• "her family still lives in the projects"
project
verb
• estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends or data.
• "spending was projected at £72,900 million"
• extend outwards beyond something else; protrude.
• "I noticed a slip of paper projecting from the book"
Similar:
stick out,
jut out,
jut,
protrude,
extend,
stand out,
hang over,
overhang,
bulge out,
poke out,
lap over,
ride over,
thrust out,
obtrude,
cantilever,
be imminent,
protuberate,
• throw or cause to move forward or outward.
• "seeds are projected from the tree"
Similar:
throw,
cast,
fling,
hurl,
toss,
lob,
launch,
discharge,
propel,
shoot,
chuck,
sling,
bung,
heave,
• present or promote (a particular view or image).
• "he strives to project an image of youth"
• draw straight lines through (a given figure) to produce a corresponding figure on a surface or a line.
• make a projection of (the earth, sky, etc.) on a plane surface.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘preliminary design, tabulated statement’): from Latin projectum ‘something prominent’, neuter past participle of proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’. Early senses of the verb were ‘plan’ and ‘cause to move forward’.
