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Meaning of project

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  project
      n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
           prepared for great undertakings" [syn: {undertaking},
           {project}, {task}, {labor}]
      2: a planned undertaking [syn: {project}, {projection}]
      v 1: communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings"
      2: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
         "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: {stick out},
         {protrude}, {jut out}, {jut}, {project}]
      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; "They contrived to
         murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an
         attack" [syn: {plan}, {project}, {contrive}, {design}]
      8: present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He
         proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She
         proposed a new theory of relativity" [syn: {project},
         {propose}]
      9: 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" [syn: {visualize}, {visualise}, {envision},
         {project}, {fancy}, {see}, {figure}, {picture}, {image}]
      10: 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" [syn: {project}, {cast},
          {contrive}, {throw}]
      11: throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" [syn:
          {project}, {send off}]
      12: regard as objective [syn: {project}, {externalize},
          {externalise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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