n. 1 proposal, plan, scheme, design, layout The project for housing low-income families had to be modified to allow for car parking 2 activity, enterprise, programme, undertaking, venture, assignment, commitment, obligation, contract, engagement; occupation, job, work What project will you move on to when you complete this one?
v. 3 plan, scheme, prepare, devise, conjure up, concoct, think up, contemplate, contrive, invent, work up or out, propose, present, outline, design, draft, draw up, delineate, describe, put forth or forward, Colloq cook up In his theory, he projects a quite different causal relationship 4 cast, hurl, fling, throw, toss, launch, propel, discharge; shoot, transmit; Colloq chuck, lob A body projected into space will keep on travelling unless it strikes something This device projects stereoscopic pictures on a screen. 5 jut out, stick out, protrude, stand out, bulge (out), extend (out), poke out, beetle (out), overhang The cornice projects a full six feet over the street 6 estimate, reckon, calculate, predict, forecast The economists projected a decline in inflation over the coming months