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/prˈɑdʒɛkt/ /prədʒˈɛkt/ Listen

noun

Project n.

1.

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. (Obs.)

2.

That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan. "Vented much policy, and projects deep." "Projects of happiness devised by human reason." "He entered into the project with his customary ardor."

3.

An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.

Synonyms: Design; scheme; plan; purpose. Project, Design. A project is something of a practical nature thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See also Scheme.

verb

Project v. t. (past & past part. projected; pres. part. projecting)

1.

To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. "Before his feet herself she did project." "Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide."

2.

To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. "What sit then projecting peace and war?"

3.

(Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.

Project v. i.

1.

To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.

2.

To form a project; to scheme. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Project'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Project" Quotes from Famous Books

... then. Shall I and my following hang on to your skirts and stay with you till nightfall, when you and your steed must return home? You decline—with thanks! and very wisely, for the execution of this project would be equally unpleasant to you and to me, and would probably get you punished. Whisper to me then, softly, in my ear, where your master is lodging, and from whom and to whom you are carrying those flowers; as soon as you have agreed to that proposal I will let ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... the project that was being hatched was one of the most abject. A young girl, known by some to be possessed of a fortune, was the stake for which these workers of iniquity gambled across one of mine host's greasy tables. The latest decree of the Convention, encouraging, nay, commanding, the union of aristocrats ...

— The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy

... consists in the belief that apart from the momentary sounds of letters composing a word, there was a complete word form which was manifested (spho@ta) but not created by the passing sounds of the syllables. The work of the syllable sounds is only to project this word manifestation. See Vacaspati's Tattvabindu, S'lokavarttika and Prakara@napancika. For the doctrine of anvitabhidhana ...

— A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 • Surendranath Dasgupta

... to the professors and other scientific gentlemen of Edinburgh. But the state of the Scotch roads was at that time so horrible that he considered it impracticable to proceed further with his scheme, and he shortly gave it up in favour of his project of ...

— Railway Adventures and Anecdotes - extending over more than fifty years • Various

... delight. They were still frisky boys out of school, one may say. But the plan was opposed in two quarters. First, the Dutch, statesmen and generals alike, threw every obstacle in the way. They would not hear of the project. Then Louis of Baden was in one of his worst sulky fits, and for a time refused his help. When he did consent to go, he demanded a delay, pleading that a wound he had received at the Schellenberg, in the ...

— With Marlborough to Malplaquet • Herbert Strang and Richard Stead

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