project
/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/ verb B2- To extend beyond a surface.
- To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- To make plans for; to forecast. · The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.
- To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
- To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
- To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
He/she/it projects · Past projected · Past participle projected · -ing form projecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- project
- He/she/it
- projects
- Past
- projected
- Past participle
- projected
- -ing form
- projecting
From the library
Then he gave a violent start as he saw the impassive head and the collar of the dressing-gown which projected above the arm-chair in the window.
At one side of this was a squat, brass-bound wooden box, the lid of which was hinged upwards, with this curious old-fashioned key projecting from the lock.
Matthew felt sure she would throw cold water on his project at once.
Sire, the usurper is arming three ships, he meditates some project, which, however mad, is yet, perhaps, terrible.
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