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Project - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Project : (noun)
1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, task,
labor]
2: a planned undertaking [syn: projection]
(verb)
1: communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings"
2: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
"A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out,
protrude, jut out, jut]
3: transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
4: project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the
screen"
5: cause to be heard; "His voice projects well"
6: draw a projection of
7: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan
an attack" [syn: plan, contrive, design]
8: present for consideration [syn: propose]
9: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision,
fancy, see, figure, picture, image]
10: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: cast, contrive, throw]
11: throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" [syn: send
off]
12: regard as objective [syn: externalize, externalise]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Project : \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser.
Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long
shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope.
2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to
devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton.
3. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to
delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and
the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to
project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Project : \Proj"ect\ (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L.
projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward _
jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf.
Projet.]
1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
[Obs.] --Holland.
2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or
devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
Vented much policy, and projects deep. --Milton.
Projects of happiness devised by human reason.
--Rogers.
He entered into the project with his customary
ardor. --Prescott.
3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given
to projects.
Syn: Design; scheme; plan; purpose.
Usage: Project, Design. A project is something of a
practical nature thrown out for consideration as to
its being done. A design is a project when matured and
settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious
man has many projects, but, if governed by sound
sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See
also Scheme.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Project : \Pro*ject"\, v. i.
1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be
prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches
project from the tree.
2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] --Fuller.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Project :
Subsystem of ICES. Sammet 1969, p.616.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Project |
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Whitmire: RT @ChrisMarlow: Last night a C-Mas party in Austin raised over $300 for our X-mas Project to help feed 100 kids in Zimbabwe, YES!!!
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elaineewing: I just can't do #FF's anymore, but if anyone (friends) has a Project to plug, u all know I'm here (avid plugger) |
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LouieJerome: Simple woodwork: Choosing the right wood for your Project.
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