project

Definition of project

Nouns

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

Synonyms:: labor, task, undertaking

Examples:: Manhattan Project
code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

Types:: show 22 types...; hide 22 types...; breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover
any undertaking that is easy to do; doddle
an easy task; adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful); assignment
an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor); school assignment, schoolwork
a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher; writing assignment, written assignment
an assignment to write something; baby
a project of personal concern to someone; endeavor, endeavour, enterprise
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racket
an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit; forlorn hope
a hopeless or desperate enterprise; business activity, commercial activity
activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise; labor of love, labour of love
productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation; endurance contest, marathon
any long and arduous undertaking; no-brainer
anything that requires little thought; proposition
a task to be dealt with; large order, tall order
a formidable task or requirement; venture
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome; joint venture
a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise; experiment
a venture at something new or different; campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; sally, sallying forth
a venture off the beaten path; danger, peril, risk
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

Type of:: work
activity directed toward making or doing something

a planned undertaking

Synonyms:: projection

Types:: cash cow, money-spinner, moneymaker
a project that generates a continuous flow of money

Type of:: plan, program, programme
a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

Verbs

communicate vividly

"He projected his feelings"

Type of:: communicate, intercommunicate
transmit thoughts or feelings

extend out or project in space

Synonyms:: jut, jut out, protrude, stick out

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; overhang
project over; push up, thrust
push upward; spear, spear up
thrust up like a spear; bag, bulge
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge; protuberate
form a rounded prominence; cantilever
project as a cantilever

transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another

Type of:: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
send from one person or place to another

project on a screen

"The images are projected onto the screen"

Types:: silhouette
project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette

Type of:: show
make visible or noticeable

cause to be heard

"His voice projects well"

Type of:: cause to be perceived
have perceptible qualities

draw a projection of

Type of:: draw
represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface

make or work out a plan for; devise

Synonyms:: contrive, design, plan

Types:: plot
devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); concert
contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement; map, map out
plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

Type of:: create by mental act, create mentally
create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.

Synonyms:: propose

Types:: offer
put forward for consideration; introduce
put before (a body)

Type of:: plan
make plans for something

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Synonyms:: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, see, visualise, visualize; realise, realize, understand
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

Type of:: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

put or send forth

Synonyms:: cast, contrive, throw

Types:: shoot
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

Type of:: direct, send
cause to go somewhere

throw, send, or cast forward

"project a missile"

Synonyms:: send off

Type of:: impel, propel
cause to move forward with force

regard as objective

Synonyms:: externalise, externalize

Type of:: ascribe, assign, attribute, impute
attribute or credit to

Vocabulary Lists for project

three-toed sloth
sloth
two-toed sloth
harpy eagle
sambar

stockinette
ribbing
cast on
knit stitch
purl stitch

root canal
scorekeeper
Islamic Republic of Iran
work shift
take office

Hale
German ivy
matt
sleigh
flats

acrid
acute
affix
air
ala

develop
grow
educate
produce
create

Cicadidae
achondrite
alluviation
arability
genus Accipiter

crapper
convolute
self-reproof
cowhand
patness

Definition of project

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Vocabulary Lists for project

Words that contain project