Estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends

• - spending was projected at $72 million

Plan (a scheme or undertaking)

• - a projected exhibition of contemporary art

Extend outward beyond something else; protrude

• - I noticed a slip of paper projecting from the book

• - a projecting bay window

Throw or cause to move forward or outward

• - seeds are projected from the tree

Cause (light, shadow, or an image) to fall on a surface

• - the one light projected shadows on the wall

Cause (a sound, esp. the voice) to be heard at a distance

• - being audible depends on your ability to project your voice

Imagine (oneself, a situation, etc.) as having moved to a different place or time

• - people may be projecting the present into the past

Present or promote (a particular view or image)

• - he strives to project an image of youth

Present (someone or something) in a way intended to create a favorable impression

• - she liked to project herself more as a friend than a doctor

Display (an emotion or quality) in one's behavior

• - everyone would be amazed that a young girl could project such depths of emotion

Transfer or attribute one's own emotion or desire to (another person), esp. unconsciously

• - men may sometimes project their own fears onto women

Draw straight lines from a center of or parallel lines through every point of (a given figure) to produce a corresponding figure on a surface or a line by intersecting the surface

Draw (such lines)

Produce (such a corresponding figure)

Make a projection of (the earth, sky, etc.) on a plane surface

An individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned and designed to achieve a particular aim

• - a research project

• - a nationwide project to encourage business development

A school assignment undertaken by a student or group of students, typically as a long-term task that requires independent research

• - a history project

A proposed or planned undertaking

• - the novel undermines its own stated project of telling a story

A government-subsidized housing development with relatively low rents

• - her family still lives in the projects