project
♦♦ proj|ect (projects projecting projected)
The noun is pronounced /pr'ɒdʒekt/ The verb is pronounced /prədʒ'ekt/and is hyphenated pro|ject.
1 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
A project is a task that requires a lot of time and effort.
Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam...
Besides film and record projects, I have continued to work in the theater.
2 [N-COUNT]
A project is a detailed study of a subject by a pupil or student.
Students complete projects for a personal tutor, working at home at their own pace.
3 [VERB] be V-ed to-inf, V n, V-ed
If something is projected, it is planned or expected.
Africa's mid-1993 population is projected to more than double by 2025...
The government had been projecting a 5% consumer price increase for the entire year.
...a projected deficit of $1.5 million.
4 [VERB] V n, V pron-refl as n, V n as n, V-ed
If you project someone or something in a particular way, you try to make people see them in that way. If you project a particular feeling or quality, you show it in your behaviour.
Bradley projects a natural warmth and sincerity...
He just hasn't been able to project himself as the strong leader...
His first job will be to project Glasgow as a friendly city...
The initial image projected was of a caring, effective president.
5 [VERB] V n on/onto/upon n
If you project feelings or ideas on to other people, you imagine that they have the same ideas or feelings as you.
He projects his own thoughts and ideas onto her.
6 [VERB] V n
If you project a film or picture onto a screen or wall, you make it appear there.
The team tried projecting the maps with two different projectors onto the same screen.
7 [VERB] V prep/adv, V-ing
If something projects, it sticks out above or beyond a surface or edge. (FORMAL)
...the remains of a war-time defence which projected out from the shore.
...a piece of projecting metal.
8
see also housing projecthous|ing proj|ect (housing projects)
[N-COUNT]
A housing project is a group of homes for poorer families which is funded and controlled by the local government. (AM)
The noun is pronounced /pr'ɒdʒekt/ The verb is pronounced /prədʒ'ekt/and is hyphenated pro|ject.
1 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
A project is a task that requires a lot of time and effort.
Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam...
Besides film and record projects, I have continued to work in the theater.
2 [N-COUNT]
A project is a detailed study of a subject by a pupil or student.
Students complete projects for a personal tutor, working at home at their own pace.
3 [VERB] be V-ed to-inf, V n, V-ed
If something is projected, it is planned or expected.
Africa's mid-1993 population is projected to more than double by 2025...
The government had been projecting a 5% consumer price increase for the entire year.
...a projected deficit of $1.5 million.
4 [VERB] V n, V pron-refl as n, V n as n, V-ed
If you project someone or something in a particular way, you try to make people see them in that way. If you project a particular feeling or quality, you show it in your behaviour.
Bradley projects a natural warmth and sincerity...
He just hasn't been able to project himself as the strong leader...
His first job will be to project Glasgow as a friendly city...
The initial image projected was of a caring, effective president.
5 [VERB] V n on/onto/upon n
If you project feelings or ideas on to other people, you imagine that they have the same ideas or feelings as you.
He projects his own thoughts and ideas onto her.
6 [VERB] V n
If you project a film or picture onto a screen or wall, you make it appear there.
The team tried projecting the maps with two different projectors onto the same screen.
7 [VERB] V prep/adv, V-ing
If something projects, it sticks out above or beyond a surface or edge. (FORMAL)
...the remains of a war-time defence which projected out from the shore.
...a piece of projecting metal.
8
see also housing projecthous|ing proj|ect (housing projects)
[N-COUNT]
A housing project is a group of homes for poorer families which is funded and controlled by the local government. (AM)