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to project

to project

4 6.1
To apply ideas from one area to another
  • verb
  • /prəˈdʒɛkt/
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  • We project a certain story onto the world.

So we just have to try ideas, make them rigorous, make them precise, and then project them back into our headset.

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Examples

  • The use of a scenario in this study was designed to allow students the freedom to project their thoughts and feelings related to trauma and bullying without having to consider the social and personal implications of their responses.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Their extensive audience attests to the poets' success in interpreting and projecting the complexity of deeply felt and widely shared beliefs, attitudes, and emotions of their times.

    Academic text (1993)
  • While we're making these observations... ...you two project this image of the perfect couple, when clearly it's a lie.

  • A significant difference in the scores of the two populations, however, occurred with questions that asked the students to project their understanding into the future:

    Academic text (1999)
  • Dean has already projected this mode of language into Sal.

  • And that's not the image this firm wants to project.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Today, we project ourselves into a far wider variety of computational landscapes.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Our ability to project and mold our future selves from the myriad possibilities before us.

  • The current and projected prevalence of obesity indicates that both prevention and management strategies are needed.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In her presentation, she aimed to project her ideas about climate change onto a global scale.

Synonyms

to transplant
vsto project
14 4.2

To move someone, a plant, or an idea to a new place

applies ideas into a new context to change how they are used
to cross-fertilize
vsto project
  • Formal
5.8

To share ideas between different fields to create new ways or solutions

focuses on applying one domain's principles into another rather than mutual mixing
cross-pollinating
vsto project
5.6

Mixing ideas from different fields to create new or better results

transfers principles from one field into another rather than equal mutual blending
to cross-pollinate
vsto project
5.8

Share ideas from different groups to make something new

uses existing principles in a new context instead of blending multiple sources

Antonyms

256 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

Idioms

To care a lot about a project and work hard to make it succeed

Phrasal Verbs

Complete all the work needed for a task

To stop work on a project for a time until things change

To help a project make progress by leading and taking action

Allow a project to continue without making changes

To stop work on a project for a time and start it again later

8.8

Delay a project to work on more important tasks

Find out how much work and time a project needs before it starts

To make the way people plan and do projects simpler and faster

To start work again on a project that was paused or stopped

Compounds

A planned study to answer scientific or academic questions

29 2.6

A group of homes or apartment buildings that the government builds and runs for low-income families

Work planned to build or fix buildings and roads

14 2.1

A large, important task that takes a lot of time and effort

Secret United States project during World War II that developed the first atomic bombs

A small test of a new plan or system in a few places to see if it works

Human Genome Project
  • Specialized
5 3.7

An international project by scientists that maps all human genes

A plan to manage rivers and lakes, like building a dam or irrigation system

A large, fast project carefully planned to solve a big technical or social problem

1 3.4

A file on a computer that holds information about a specific project

1 6.8

A US space program in 1965 and 1966 that sends people into orbit to test ways for Apollo Moon missions

A planned work to make or improve a garden

project budget
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A plan showing how much money a project needs and where it will be spent

1 3.6

A person who leads a team working on a particular task

1 5.9

The first American program to send a person into orbit around Earth

A job to make things from wood like a table or shelf

A very large, difficult project that needs a lot of time and many people

A final project that shows what a student learned in a course or program

A school task students do together that needs research or creative work

A project to clean away dirt and clutter from a place

fuckity project
  • Offensive
9.9

A project that keeps causing problems and making people annoyed

A task that you do outside, often about building or gardening

9.9

A government project that people think wastes money, often in a spending bill

8.3

A project that restores damaged sea areas like coral reefs or seagrass beds

A project that fails before it starts

9.5

A project to repair and improve a badly damaged building

How Broad

to generalize
  • US
41 4.2
to project
4 6.1
transfer
  • Specialized
6 3.9
to apply
374 2.8

Surface Forms

project infinitive
projected past
projected past participle
projecting present participle
projects third person singular

Etymology

Project comes from old Latin parts pro- ('forward') and ject ('throw'), so to project an idea onto another field is like 'throwing' its meaning into a new place. That's why we speak of projecting concepts from one area onto another.