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      project
      noun
      A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
      (usually in the plural, US) An urban, low-income housing building.
      (US, sports) A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
      (obsolete) A projectile.
      (obsolete) A projection.
      (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
      verb
      (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
      (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
      (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
      (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
      (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
      (transitive) To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
      (intransitive) To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
      (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
      (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
      (geometry) 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.
      (neuroanatomy) (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
      Roots
      propro- · Latin · forth, forwardiacio-ject · Latin · throw
      Synonyms for project
      undertakingnplanndesignntasknexternalizevprojectionnprogramnblueprintnschemenproposev
      Words related to project
      redevelopmentninitiativendevelopmentnconstructionnprototypenproposalsnrenovationnfundingnepidiascopentrippetimplementationnfundedadjambitiousadjmesognathousadjcommissioningndevelopernnondevelopmentnredesignvdesignableadjboondogglenfeasibilitynoverambitiousadjconstructingvoverdevelopmentnredevelopingvroadworksubprogramnoverambitionnworksnconceptualadj

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      The word project breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pro-, from Latin pro (“forth, forward”); and -ject, from Latin iacio (“throw”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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