project

1 noun (C)

1 an important and carefully planned piece of work, that is intended to build or produce something new, or to deal with a problem: the Channel Tunnel project | a long-term project to help the homeless

2 a part of a school course that involves careful study of a particular subject over a period of time

(+ on): We're doing a project on pollution.

3 also the projects AmE informal a housing project

2 verb

1 CALCULATE (T) to calculate the size, amount, or rate of something as it will be in the future, using the information you have now: The company projected an annual growth rate of 3%. | projected sales forecasts

2 STICK OUT (I, T) to stick out beyond an edge or surface

(+ out/from/through etc): The huge guns projected outwards from the deck of the ship.

3 FILM (T) to make the picture of a film, photograph etc appear in a larger form on a screen 1 (2) or flat surface

4 YOURSELF (T) to make other people have a particular idea about you: project an image: Regina always projects an image of quiet self-confidence | project yourself: You'll need to project yourself well in the interview.

5 FEELING (T) technical to avoid dealing with your own feelings by imagining that someone else is feeling them: project sth on/onto sb: You're projecting your insecurity onto me.

6 PLAN be projected to be planned to happen in the future: A visit by President Clinton is projected for March.

7 THROW (T) technical to throw something up or forward with great force

8 PICTURE technical

a) to make a picture of a solid object on a flat surface

b) to make a map using this method

9 project yourself into the future/past etc to imagine that you are in the future, past etc: I kept trying to project myself back into a time when I thought those kind of parties were fun.

10 project your voice to speak clearly and loudly so that you can be heard by everyone in a big hall or room