project
• noun 1 an enterprise carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. 2 a piece of research work by a school or college student. 3 N. Amer. a government-subsidized estate or block of homes. • verb 1 estimate or forecast on the basis of present trends. 2 plan. 3 extend outwards beyond something else; protrude. 4 throw or cause to move forward or outward. 5 cause (light, shadow, or an image) to fall on a surface. 6 present, promote, or display (a view or image). 7 (project on to) attribute (an emotion) to (another person), especially unconsciously. 8 Geometry draw straight lines through (a figure) to produce a corresponding figure on a surface or line. 9 represent (the earth’s surface, the heavens, etc.) on a plane surface. — ORIGIN Latin projectum ‘something prominent’, from proicere ‘throw forth’.
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