Overview of noun project

The noun project has 2 senses

• undertaking, project, task, labor -- (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings")


• project, projection -- (a planned undertaking)

Overview of verb project

The verb project has 12 senses

• project -- (communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings")


• stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")


• project -- (transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another)


• project -- (project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen")


• project -- (cause to be heard; "His voice projects well")


• project -- (draw a projection of)


• plan, project, contrive, design -- (make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack")


• project, propose -- (present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity")


• visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image -- (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")


• project, cast, contrive, throw -- (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")


• project, send off -- (throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile")


• project, externalize, externalise -- (regard as objective)