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📁 A planned task 🔮 To predict 🗣️ To speak loudly 🔄 To assign feelings 📽️ To show an image 💦 To throw forward 🔗 To apply elsewhere ↗️ To stick out 📐 To draw in 2D
to project

to project

6 6.8
To draw a solid object on a flat surface to show its shape
  • verb
  • /prəˈdʒɛkt/
  • Specialized
: proyectar sobre
  • The architect had to project the building layout onto a large screen for the presentation.
  • project an object
  • project into space

Examples

  • What's the point of projecting a star onto the moon?

    Asteroid City (2023)

  • Like we could project it on the walls.

    Sx_Tape (2013)

  • Can you project the course of the ribbon?

    Star Trek: Generations (1994)

  • Projected route of flight will be transferred.

    THX 1138 (1971)

  • I instructed him to move the desks into the configuration I projected on the wall.

    Blog text (12)

  • The initial prototype of the mapping tool used the ArcGIS platform to project data onto maps.

    Blog text (20)

  • A technique has been developed to project simulation data from FEM models to a voxelated data structure.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The computer takes the information from the database... ...and constructs an environment which is projected in the headset.

    Disclosure (1994)

  • For example, coordinates of right ascension and declination of celestial objects can be projected onto the dome.

    Academic text (1993)

  • To create the 3-D model, we first need to project the design onto the drafting paper.

Antonyms

to erase
19 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

Idioms

heart is in the project
  • Informal
5.8

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

Phrasal Verbs

to finish the project
6 1.8

Complete all the work needed for a task

to scope the project
  • Jargon
1 5.9

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

to drive the project forward
1 4.8

To help a project make progress by leading and taking action

to bench the project
6.3

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

to let the project ride
6.1

Allow a project to continue without making changes

to mothball a project
7.0

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

to punt the project
  • Informal
8.8

Delay a project to work on more important tasks

to streamline project management
4.2

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

to unshelve the project
7.0

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

Compounds

housing project
  • US
34 2.6

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

research project
34 3.0

A planned study to answer scientific or academic questions

big project
29 2.1

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

construction project
23 2.7

Work planned to build or fix buildings and roads

Manhattan Project
14 4.2

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

pilot project
9 4.0

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

Human Genome Project
  • Specialized
9 3.7

An international project by scientists that maps all human genes

water project
7 3.0

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

project budget
  • Specialized
3 3.1

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

garden project
2 2.1

A planned work to make or improve a garden

project file
1 3.4

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

project head
1 3.6

A person who leads a team working on a particular task

Project Gemini
  • US
1 6.8

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

Manhattan Project
1 5.6

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

woodworking project
1 3.7

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

classroom project
1 1.6

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

Project Mercury
  • US
1 5.9

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

capstone project
1 4.0

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

outdoor project
1 2.8

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

stillborn project
1 7.7

A project that fails before it starts

behemoth of a project
7.5

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

degunkification project
  • Informal
8.9

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

Porkulus project
  • Slang
9.9

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

seahabilitation project
  • Specialized
8.3

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

wreckovation project
  • Neologism
9.5

A project to repair and improve a badly damaged building

How Detailed

to reproduce
58 4.0
to project
  • Specialized
6 6.8
to render
49 6.3
to draw
877 1.0
to sketch
66 3.0

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'), keeping the image of 'throwing' a shape onto another surface. So, in drawing or geometry to project a figure is to show how it would look when cast onto a flat plane.