"projects" in the noun sense
1. undertaking, project, task, labor
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"he prepared for great undertakings"
2. project, projection
a planned undertaking
"projects" in the verb sense
1. project
communicate vividly
"He projected his feelings"
2. 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"
3. project
transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
4. project
project on a screen
"The images are projected onto the screen"
5. project
cause to be heard
"His voice projects well"
6. project
draw a projection of
7. 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"
8. project, propose
present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
"He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"
"She proposed a new theory of relativity"
"The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"
9. 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"
10. 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"
11. project, send off
throw, send, or cast forward
"project a missile"
12. project, externalize, externalise
regard as objective
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