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Project definition

Project is a verb meaning "communicate vividly." It has 14 meanings, as a verb and a noun, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
verb, noun
Syllables
2
Letters
7
How common
Everyday word

Project as a verb

  1. communicate vividly

    "He projected his feelings"

  2. extend out or project in space

    Same sense: stick out, jut, jut out, protrude

  3. transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another

  4. project on a screen

    "The images are projected onto the screen"

  5. cause to be heard

    "His voice projects well"

  6. draw a projection of

  7. make or work out a plan for; devise

    Same sense: plan, design, contrive

  8. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.

    "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"

    Same sense: propose

  9. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

    Same sense: see, picture, figure, image, fancy, visualize, envision, visualise

  10. put or send forth

    Same sense: throw, cast, contrive

  11. throw, send, or cast forward

    "project a missile"

    Same sense: send off

  12. regard as objective

    Same sense: externalize, externalise

Project as a noun

  1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

    Same sense: labor, labour, task, undertaking

  2. a planned undertaking

    Same sense: projection

Synonyms and antonyms

All synonyms of project, sense by sense

How to say project

Project has 2 syllables. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

PROJECT in word games

Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
22
Anagrams
0

Is PROJECT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PROJECT in the word checker, or unscramble PROJECT to see the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.