project

noun
/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/UK/ˈpɹɐʊ.d͡ʒekt//ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkt/US/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/CA/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/CA/pɹəˈd͡ʒekt/

Etymology

From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).

  1. borrowed from prōiectus

Definitions

  1. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or…

    A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

    • projects of happiness devised by human reason
    • Rainbow, […]came forward enthusiastically to put its money into the project in sums which ran all the way from one share at ten dollars to ten shares
    • The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.
  2. An urban, low-income housing building.

    • Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.
    • Experiments when needles and skin connect / No wonder where we live is called the projects
    • Imagine rock up in them projects / Where them niggas pick your pockets
  3. An idle scheme

    An idle scheme; an impracticable design.

    • a man given to projects
  4. + 15 more definitions
    1. A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching

      A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.

      • Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing.
      • Elway acknowledged at the time that Lynch was a project who needed some seasoning but he expressed hope that Lynch might be a quick study. He wasn't.
    2. A projectile.

    3. A projection.

    4. To extend beyond a surface.

    5. To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface

      To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

      • Before his feet her selfe she did proiect
      • Behold! th' ascending villas on my side / Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.
    6. To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

    7. To make plans for

      To make plans for; to forecast.

      • The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.
      • projecting Peace and Warr?
    8. To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.

    9. To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.

    10. To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

    11. To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and…

      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.

    12. (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to…

      (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location

    13. To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.

      • to project one's voice
    14. To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.

      • You would think that topic coulda put me to sleep, but HE can really project when HE wants to.
    15. To extend to reach a point.

      • When a word occurs only in Indo-European languages of northern or western Europe, for instance, projecting that word back to Proto-Indo-European is considered dubious.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at project. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at project. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at project

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA