project
verb/prəˈdʒekt/
/prəˈdʒekt/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they project | /prəˈdʒekt/ /prəˈdʒekt/ |
| he / she / it projects | /prəˈdʒekts/ /prəˈdʒekts/ |
| past simple projected | /prəˈdʒektɪd/ /prəˈdʒektɪd/ |
| past participle projected | /prəˈdʒektɪd/ /prəˈdʒektɪd/ |
| -ing form projecting | /prəˈdʒektɪŋ/ /prəˈdʒektɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, usually passive] to estimate what the size, cost or amount of something will be in the future based on what is happening now synonym forecast
- be projected A growth rate of 4 per cent is projected for next year.
- Spending cuts will help to reduce huge projected deficits in future years.
- be projected at something The overall cost is projected at $11 billion.
- be projected to do something Unemployment is projected to rise to over 5 per cent next year.
- it is projected that… It is projected that the unemployment rate will fall.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2- The budget deficit was projected at £30 million.
- the population increases projected for Asia
- These rates can be projected forward to give figures for the next ten years.
- [transitive, usually passive] to plan an activity, a project etc. for a time in the future
- be projected The next edition of the book is projected for publication in March.
- The projected housing development will go ahead next year.
- [transitive] to make light, an image, etc. fall onto a flat surface or screen
- project something onto something They projected the digital image onto the model's surface.
- Images are projected onto the retina of the eye.
- The videos were projected onto two screens.
- project something on something Old photographs were projected on the wall behind her.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to stick out beyond an edge or a surface synonym protrude
- a building with balconies projecting out over the street
Extra Examples- She saw the top of the car projecting above the water.
- His feet were projecting beyond the end of the bed.
- Two iron bars projected from the wall.
- [transitive] to present somebody/something/yourself to other people in a particular way, especially one that gives a good impression
- project something They sought advice on how to project a more positive image of their company.
- She projects an air of calm self-confidence.
- project somebody/something/yourself (as somebody/something) He projected himself as a man worth listening to.
- [transitive] project something/somebody (+ adv./prep.) to send or throw something up or away from yourself
- Actors must learn to project their voices.
- (figurative) the powerful men who would project him into the White House
estimate
plan
light/image
stick out
present yourself
send/throw up or away
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘preliminary design, tabulated statement’): from Latin projectum ‘something prominent’, neuter past participle of proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’. Early senses of the verb were ‘plan’ and ‘cause to move forward’.
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