noun🔗ShareA planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages."The school's fundraising project aims to renovate the library in several stages. "businessplanworkachievementorganizationessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(usually in the plural) An urban low-income housing building."Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished."propertybuildingsocietyarchitectureareaplaceessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn idle scheme; an impracticable design."a man given to projects"planbusinessessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot diamond in the rough"The new student was a project, but the teachers believed he had great potential. "jobbusinessessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA projectile."The angry child threw a rock as a project, hoping to hit the bird. "physicsweaponessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA projection."The architect's project showed a projected image of the new house. "planbusinessachievementessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe place from which a thing projects."The balcony is a project of the house, extending out from the second floor. "partplaceessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo extend beyond a surface."The branches of the oak tree projected over the patio, casting shade on the tables. "appearancearchitectureessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth."The spotlight projected a bright beam onto the stage during the school play. "physicstechnologyappearanceactionessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward."The gardener carefully projected the new branch of the rose bush outwards so it could get more sunlight. "partbodyappearanceessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make plans for; to forecast."The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007."planbusinessfutureeconomyessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way."To impress her new coworkers, Sarah projected an image of confidence and competence. "appearancecharacterattitudecommunicationpersonessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality."My brother often projects his own frustration onto his classmates, assuming they are intentionally trying to make him look bad. "mindphilosophycharacterhumanessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection."To prepare for the presentation, the geography student had to project the map of the city onto a different coordinate system. "computingtechnologygeographyessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."The architect projected the house design onto the wall to show how it would look. "mathphysicstechnicalsciencefigureessentialieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
