English Dictionary
Definition of “project”
project
Definitions
noun
- a proposal, scheme, or design
- a task requiring considerable or concerted effort, such as one by students
- the subject of such a task
- US short for housing project
verb
- (tr) to propose or plan
- (tr) to predict; estimate; extrapolate ⇒
we can project future needs on the basis of the current birth rate
- (tr) to throw or cast forwards
- to jut or cause to jut out
- (tr) to send forth or transport in the imagination ⇒
to project oneself into the future
- (tr) to cause (an image) to appear on a surface
- to cause (one's voice) to be heard clearly at a distance
- psychology
- (intr) (esp of a child) to believe that others share one's subjective mental life
- to impute to others (one's hidden desires and impulses), esp as a means of defending oneself Compare introject
- (tr) geometry to draw a projection of
- (intr) to communicate effectively, esp to a large gathering
Word Origin
C14: from Latin prōicere to throw down, from pro-C14: from Latin to throw down, from 1 + to throw + iacere to throw
Synonyms
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scheme,
plan,
job,
idea,
design,
programme,
campaign,
operation,
activity,
proposal,
venture,
enterprise,
undertaking,
occupation,
proposition,
plan of action,
=
plan,
propose,
design,
scheme,
purpose,
frame,
draft,
outline,
devise,
contemplate,
contrive,
map out,
Translations
- British English:
project
A project is a carefully planned task that requires a lot of time and effort....local development projects such as hospitals and schools.ˈprɒdʒɛkt NOUN ...local development projects such as hospitals and schools. - Spanish:
proyecto
nm
- French:
projet
nm
- German:
Projekt
nnt
- Chinese: 项目 n
- Arabic: مَشْرُوع n
- Portuguese: projecto nm
- Russian: проект nm
- Croatian: projekt nm
- Czech: projekt nm
- Danish: projekt nnt
- Dutch: project nnt
- Finnish: hanke n
- Greek: προγραμματισμένο έργο nnt
- Italian: progetto nm
- Japanese: 企画 n
- Korean: 프로젝트 n
- Norwegian: prosjekt nnt
- Polish: projekt nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: projeto nm
- European Spanish:
proyecto
nm
- Swedish: projekt nnt
- Thai: โครงการ n
- Turkish: proje n
- Vietnamese: dự án n
Usage examples
That night in Heidelberg had simply been the next stage in that project.
Val McDermid, THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)Per-haps this great project will awaken such thoughts, and turn out to be not just a catalogue, but a spur to action.
Country Life (2004)In that respect, Anglo Irish Bank had provided a guarantee of E3 million to Waterworld UK in relation to the project.
Irish Times (2002)The second half of the project , at the Molendinar Burn in Blackhill will completed by the end of the year.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Instead, he took the project to Roman Polanski, who was then in Los Angeles.
John Baxter, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)
