project
1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (Freq. 23)
- he prepared for great undertakings
• Syn:
undertaking, task, labor
• Derivationally related forms:
labor (for: labor), task (for: task), undertake (for: undertaking)
• Hypernyms:
work
• Hyponyms:
cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup,
child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake, adventure, escapade,
risky venture, dangerous undertaking, assignment, baby, enterprise, endeavor,
endeavour, labor of love, labour of love, marathon, endurance contest, no-brainer,
proposition, tall order, large order, venture
• Instance Hyponyms:
Manhattan Project
2. a planned undertaking (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
projection
• Hypernyms:
plan, program, programme
• Hyponyms:
moneymaker, money-spinner, cash cow
1. communicate vividly (Freq. 7)
- He projected his feelings
• Hypernyms:
communicate, intercommunicate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. extend out or project in space (Freq. 6)
- His sharp nose jutted out
- A single rock sticks out from the cliff
• Syn:
stick out, protrude, jut out, jut
• Derivationally related forms:
projection, jutting (for: jut), protrusible (for: protrude), protrusive (for: protrude), protrusion (for: protrude)
• Hyponyms:
overhang, thrust, push up, spear, spear up,
bulge, bag, cantilever
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
3. transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another (Freq. 5)
• Hypernyms:
transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. project on a screen (Freq. 2)
- The images are projected onto the screen
• Derivationally related forms:
projection, projector
• Hypernyms:
show
• Hyponyms:
silhouette
• Cause:
appear
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. cause to be heard (Freq. 1)
- His voice projects well
• Derivationally related forms:
projection
• Hypernyms:
cause to be perceived
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. draw a projection of (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
draw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. make or work out a plan for;
devise (Freq. 1)
- They contrived to murder their boss
- design a new sales strategy
- plan an attack
• Syn:
plan, contrive, design
• Derivationally related forms:
design (for: design), contriver (for: contrive), plan (for: plan), planner (for: plan), planning (for: plan)
• Hypernyms:
create by mental act, create mentally
• Hyponyms:
plot, concert, map, map out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Did he project his major works over a short period of time?
8. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. (Freq. 1)
- He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism
- She proposed a new theory of relativity
• Syn:
propose
• Derivationally related forms:
proposer (for: propose), proposition (for: propose)
• Hypernyms:
plan
• Hyponyms:
offer, introduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
9. 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:
cast, contrive, throw
• Derivationally related forms:
cast (for: cast)
• Hypernyms:
send, direct
• Hyponyms:
shoot
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
10. regard as objective
• Syn:
externalize, externalise
• Topics:
psychology, psychological science
• Hypernyms:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
11. 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, fancy, see,
figure, picture, image
• Derivationally related forms:
image (for: image), imaging (for: image), imagery (for: image), picture (for: picture), picturing (for: picture), figuration (for: figure), seer (for: see), fancy (for: fancy), envisioning (for: envision), visualization (for: visualize), visualizer (for: visualize)
• Hypernyms:
imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
• Verb Group:
understand, realize, realise, see, visualize, visualise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
12. throw, send, or cast forward
- project a missile
• Syn:
send off
• Hypernyms:
propel, impel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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