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Projecting

adjective

1.

Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary. Synonyms: jutting, projected, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out. "Massive projected buttresses" , "His protruding ribs" , "A pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"

Project

verb

(past & past part. projected; pres. part. projecting)

1.

Communicate vividly.

2.

Extend out or project in space. Synonyms: jut, jut out, protrude, stick out. "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

3.

Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another.

4.

Project on a screen.

5.

Cause to be heard.

6.

Draw a projection of.

7.

Make or work out a plan for; devise. Synonyms: contrive, design, plan. "Design a new sales strategy" , "Plan an attack"

8.

Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.. Synonym: propose. "She proposed a new theory of relativity"

9.

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, see, visualise, visualize. "I can see what will happen" , "I can see a risk in this strategy"

10.

Put or send forth. Synonyms: cast, contrive, throw. "The setting sun threw long shadows" , "Cast a spell" , "Cast a warm light"

11.

Throw, send, or cast forward. Synonym: send off.

12.

Regard as objective. Synonyms: externalise, externalize.

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