project (projects, projecting, projected)

The noun is pronounced prdekt. The verb is pronounced prdekt 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
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
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
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
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
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.