projection
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4.4
- noun
- /prəˈdʒɛkʃən/
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- According to current projections, the economy will improve significantly over the next year.
- make projections
- future projections
- population projections
What is it the budget projection for it?
- What is it the budget projection for it?
- So they've more than doubled their projection, which is quite a change.
- Next page shows projections for world population.
- For right now, I see all of my revenue projections from Film Hub.
- Now what do we have for CPI projections and then what did Nick T just say?
- As is often the case in investment manias, optimistic projections outran reality.
- So give us a little bit of hope in projections of the future.
- And then they think that their projections or their spreadsheets are what make a good deal.
- You just need to pick more or less on two to six players, stat projection and you're locked in.
- So please welcome the Late Show's senior elections analyst live from the CBS midterms projection coupe, Steve Klucknacki.
- And in fact, that we recognize that their projections actually give us a lot of insight into them.
- We understand that it's neither, but both projections reveal something, reveal different sides of it.
Examples
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According to current projections, we will not run out of prison space for the next 500 years.
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The goal is to generate more locally relevant projections of long-term weather patterns for regions, states, and cities.
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And, and I think I also gave a pretty detailed projection of what would happen.
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Martin, can you bring up an ice melt projection for Russia?
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So they've more than doubled their projection, which is quite a change.
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The allocation in figure 1 was determined on the basis of a projection using set percentages.
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So I ran the projections, and this is what you stand to make if you accept key sponsorships.
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Over 20% of the forest has already been lost and projections show that at this rate, there won't be much left by the turn of the century.
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Like many other forecasts of China's continued rise, these projections are based on careful formal economic modeling.
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Because of the system's complexity, projections of sea-ice decline using global climate simulations are also problematic.
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Synonyms
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2.6
A guess about what will happen in the future based on facts or signs
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8.1
To use known facts or data to guess what happens beyond what we have seen
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9.3
A statement about what will happen in the future
Antonyms
Compounds
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A map that keeps small shapes and local angles correct but may change size
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A map that shows the Earth's surface on a cone placed over the globe
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A way to make a flat map by copying Earth onto a cone over part of the globe
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A way of drawing the world on a flat map that keeps areas the correct size
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A way of making a flat map that keeps each place's area the same as on the globe
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A sound quality that makes a voice or instrument travel far and be heard clearly
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A method for drawing the Earth's round surface on a flat map that changes shapes or sizes
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A map made by putting the world on a cylinder that keeps shapes but makes areas bigger near the poles
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A map that shows north-south and east-west lines as straight and makes polar areas look larger than they are
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A world map that shows continents at their true size by changing ocean shapes
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A way of drawing the Earth on a flat map that keeps small areas in their true shape and angles
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A map that uses curved latitude lines so distances match the globe along them
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A way of drawing the world on a flat map that keeps area correct and suits maps near the equator
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A map that shows the equator and east-west lines straight and north-south lines wavy while keeping areas correct
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Projection comes from Latin parts pro- 'forward' and ject 'throw', the same root as in project. A forecast called a projection is like 'throwing' current numbers forward to show what may happen next.