project
English
/ˈpɹɒdʒɛkt/, /ˈpɹəʊdʒɛkt/, /ˈpɹɑdʒˌɛkt/, /ˈpɹɑdʒɛkt/, /pɹəˈdʒɛkt/
noun
Definitions
- A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
- (usually) An urban low-income housing building.
- (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
- (US) a raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot diamond in the rough
- (obsolete) A projectile.
- (obsolete) A projection.
- (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōiectus (projected).
Origin
Latin
prōiectus
Gloss
projected
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astroproject English
- autoprojector English
- bioproject English
- counterproject English
- deproject English
- eigenprojector English
- holoprojector English
- interproject English
- macroproject English
- megaproject English
- microproject English
- microprojector English
- miniprojector English
- picoprojector English
- projectability English
- projectable English
- projectably English
- projectest English
- projecteth English
- projectible English
- projectise English
- projectization English
- projectize English
- projectment English
- projectome English
- projector English
- projectorless English
- projectoscope English
- projectress English
- reproject English
- retroject English
- subproject English
- unprojectable English
- wiki English
- wikiproject English
- projector Latin
- prōiectus Latin
- prōiectāre, proiecto Latin
- Projekt German
- proyecto Spanish, Castilian
- projeto Portuguese
- PJ Japanese
- プロジェクタ Japanese
- プロジェクト Japanese
- ပရိုဂျက် Burmese
- פרויקט Hebrew (modern)
- 프로젝트 Korean
- প্রজেক্ট Bengali
- projek Tok Pisin
- borojekti Afar
- wiki
- deproject
- projector
- retroject
- reproject
- projectome
- projectize
- projectest
- subproject
- projecteth
- bioproject
- projectise
- projectment
- wikiproject
- projectably
- megaproject
- projectible
- projectable
- projectress
- macroproject
- microproject
- astroproject
- interproject
- picoprojector
- unprojectable
- holoprojector
- miniprojector
- projectoscope
- projectorless
- autoprojector
- microprojector
- projectability
- counterproject
- eigenprojector
- projectization