project in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   project  cast  contrive  throw 
   
2. make or work out a plan for; devise
   "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
   plan  project  contrive  design 
   
3. 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"
   visualize  visualise  envision  project  fancy  see  figure  picture  image 
   
4. regard as objective
   project  externalize  externalise 
   
5. extend out or project in space
   "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
   stick out  protrude  jut out  jut  project 
   
6. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
   "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
   project  propose 
   
7. communicate vividly
   "He projected his feelings"
   project 
   
8. throw, send, or cast forward
   "project a missile"
   project  send off 
   
9. transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
   project 
   
10. draw a projection of
    project 
    
11. cause to be heard
    "His voice projects well"
    project 
    
12. project on a screen
    "The images are projected onto the screen"
    project 
    

1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
   "he prepared for great undertakings"
   undertaking  project  task  labor 
   
2. a planned undertaking
   project  projection