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English Dictionary: project by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
project
n
  1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
    Synonym(s): undertaking, project, task, labor
  2. a planned undertaking
    Synonym(s): project, projection
v
  1. communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings"
  2. extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
    Synonym(s): stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project
  3. transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
  4. project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen"
  5. cause to be heard; "His voice projects well"
  6. draw a projection of
  7. make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
    Synonym(s): plan, project, contrive, design
  8. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
    Synonym(s): project, propose
  9. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
    Synonym(s): visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
  10. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
    Synonym(s): project, cast, contrive, throw
  11. throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile"
    Synonym(s): project, send off
  12. regard as objective
    Synonym(s): project, externalize, externalise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Project \Pro*ject"\, 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.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Project \Proj"ect\ (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L.
      projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward +
      jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth, and cf.
      {Projet}.]
      1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
            [Obs.] --Holland.
  
      2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or
            devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
  
                     Vented much policy, and projects deep. --Milton.
  
                     Projects of happiness devised by human reason.
                                                                              --Rogers.
  
                     He entered into the project with his customary
                     ardor.                                                --Prescott.
  
      3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given
            to projects.
  
      Syn: Design; scheme; plan; purpose.
  
      Usage: {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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Projected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Projecting}.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
      1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
  
                     Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser.
  
                     Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long
                     shadows o'er the crystal tide.            --Pope.
  
      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? --Milton.
  
      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.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PROJECT
  
      Subsystem of ICES.   Sammet 1969, p.616.
  
  
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