project
pronunciation
How to pronounce project in British English:
UK [ˈprɒdʒekt]
How to pronounce project in American English:
US [ˈprɑːdʒekt]
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- Noun:
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- a planned undertaking
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- Verb:
- communicate vividly
- extend out or project in space
- transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
- project on a screen
- cause to be heard
- draw a projection of
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- present for consideration
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- put or send forth
- throw, send, or cast forward
- regard as objective
Word Origin
- project (n.)
- c. 1400, "a plan, draft, scheme," from Latin proiectum "something thrown forth," noun use of neuter of proiectus, past participle of proicere "stretch out, throw forth," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + combining form of iacere (past participle iactus) "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Meaning "scheme, proposal, mental plan" is from c. 1600. Meaning "group of low-rent apartment buildings" first recorded 1935, American English, short for housing project (1932). Related: Projects. Project manager attested from 1913.
- project (v.)
- late 15c., "to plan," from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere (see project (n.)). Sense of "to stick out" is from 1718. Meaning "to cast an image on a screen" is recorded from 1865. Psychoanalytical sense, "attribute to another (unconsciously)" is from 1895 (implied in a use of projective). Meaning "convey to others by one's manner" is recorded by 1955. Related: Projected; projecting.
Example
- 1. • Whatever process or project ( we are in )
- 2. I 'm actually beginning a project of trying to video ceos about certain strategy issues .
- 3. Delays in a project could cost us millions of dollars .
- 4. It 's not a technology project , it 's a social change project . "
- 5. But over the last few months , the project has quietly made headway .