project
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
Noun 4 meanings
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
An urban, low-income housing building.
“Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.”
An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
“a man given to projects”
A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
Verb 4 meanings
To extend beyond a surface.
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
To make plans for; to forecast.
“The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.”
Etymology
From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).
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PROJECT at a glance
PROJECT has 7 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + J 8 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #580 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with project
All rhymesOne letter away
- PROTECT11
- PROSECT11
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