Dictionary Entry

project

project is a 7-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 22 · 22 senses

Definitions

1noun
The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
2noun
That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
3noun
An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.
4transitive verb
To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
5transitive verb
To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
6transitive verb
To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.
7intransitive verb
To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.
8intransitive verb
To form a project; to scheme.
9noun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"he prepared for great undertakings"
Synonyms
labor task undertaking
10noun
a planned undertaking
Synonyms
projection
11verb
present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
"He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"
"She proposed a new theory of relativity"
Synonyms
propose
12verb
regard as objective
Synonyms
externalise externalize
13verb
communicate vividly
"He projected his feelings"
14verb
transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
15verb
throw, send, or cast forward
"project a missile"
16verb
put or send forth
"She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"
"The setting sun threw long shadows"
Synonyms
cast contrive throw
17verb
imagine; conceive of; See in one's mind
"I can't see him on horseback!"
"I can see what will happen"
Synonyms
envision fancy figure image picture see visualize
18verb
make or work out a plan for; devise
"They contrived to murder their boss"
"design a new sales strategy"
Synonyms
contrive design plan
19verb
draw a projection of
20verb
project on a screen
"The images are projected onto the screen"
21verb
cause to be heard
"His voice projects well"
22verb
extend out or project in space
"His sharp nose jutted out"
"A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
Synonyms
jut protrude

Synonyms

labor task undertaking projection propose externalise externalize cast contrive throw envision fancy figure image picture see visualize design plan jut protrude

Common word forms

projects projected projecting projectable

Words from these letters

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