project
//ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt//
Forms
- Plural
- projects
- present (v1)
- project
- past (v2)
- projected
- past participle (v3)
- projected
- present participle
- projecting
- 3rd person singular
- projects
Definitions
1.A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
- The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.
2.An urban, low-income housing building.
- Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.
3.A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
- Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing.
- Elway acknowledged at the time that Lynch was a project who needed some seasoning but he expressed hope that Lynch might be a quick study. He wasn't.
1.To extend beyond a surface.
2.To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- Behold! th' ascending villas on my side / Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.
3.To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
4.To make plans for; to forecast.
- The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #544
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).
Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).