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project

/ˈprɒdʒɛkt/ /prəˈdʒɛkt/

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noun

Projet

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

Examples :

"The school's fundraising project aims to renovate the library in several stages. "

Le projet de collecte de fonds de l'école vise à rénover la bibliothèque en plusieurs étapes.

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Logements sociaux, ensemble de logements sociaux

(usually in the plural) An urban low-income housing building.

Examples :

"Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished."

Des ensembles de logements sociaux comme Pruitt-Igoe ont été considérés comme irrémédiablement dangereux et démolis.

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Projet chimérique, chimère

An idle scheme; an impracticable design.

Examples :

"a man given to projects"

Un homme enclin aux chimères.

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Recrue prometteuse, pari

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

Examples :

"The new student was a project, but the teachers believed he had great potential. "

Le nouvel étudiant était une recrue prometteuse, mais les professeurs croyaient qu'il avait un grand potentiel.

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Projectile

Examples :

"The angry child threw a rock as a project, hoping to hit the bird. "

L'enfant en colère a lancé une pierre comme projectile, espérant toucher l'oiseau.

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Projection, saillie

Examples :

"The architect's project showed a projected image of the new house. "

Le projet de l'architecte montrait une projection de la nouvelle maison.

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Saillie, avancée

The place from which a thing projects.

Examples :

"The balcony is a project of the house, extending out from the second floor. "

Le balcon est une saillie de la maison, qui s'étend à partir du deuxième étage.

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Dépasser, faire saillie

To extend beyond a surface.

Examples :

"The branches of the oak tree projected over the patio, casting shade on the tables. "

Les branches du chêne dépassaient la terrasse, projetant de l'ombre sur les tables.

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Projeter, lancer, diffuser

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

Examples :

"The spotlight projected a bright beam onto the stage during the school play. "

Le projecteur a projeté un faisceau lumineux sur la scène pendant la pièce de théâtre de l'école.

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Dépasser, faire saillie

To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

Examples :

"The gardener carefully projected the new branch of the rose bush outwards so it could get more sunlight. "

Le jardinier a soigneusement fait dépasser la nouvelle branche du rosier vers l'extérieur afin qu'elle puisse recevoir plus de soleil.

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Prévoir, projeter, planifier

To make plans for; to forecast.

Examples :

"The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007."

Le PDG prévoit l'achèvement de l'acquisition d'ici avril 2007.

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Se présenter, donner l'impression de

To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.

Examples :

"To impress her new coworkers, Sarah projected an image of confidence and competence. "

Pour impressionner ses nouveaux collègues, Sarah a projeté une image de confiance et de compétence.

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Projeter sur, attribuer à

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

Examples :

"My brother often projects his own frustration onto his classmates, assuming they are intentionally trying to make him look bad. "

Mon frère projette souvent sa propre frustration sur ses camarades de classe, supposant qu'ils essaient intentionnellement de le faire passer pour un idiot.

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Reprojeter

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

Examples :

"To prepare for the presentation, the geography student had to project the map of the city onto a different coordinate system. "

Pour préparer la présentation, l'étudiant en géographie a dû reprojeter la carte de la ville dans un système de coordonnées différent.

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Projeter

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.

Examples :

"The architect projected the house design onto the wall to show how it would look. "

L'architecte a projeté la conception de la maison sur le mur pour montrer à quoi elle ressemblerait.

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