project
Noun
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Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (synset 100797381)
"he prepared for great undertakings"is a type of: work - activity directed toward making or doing somethingsubtypes:
- breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover - any undertaking that is easy to do
- adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture - a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- baby - a project of personal concern to someone
- endeavor, endeavour, enterprise - a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- labor of love, labour of love - productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
- endurance contest, marathon - any long and arduous undertaking
- no-brainer - anything that requires little thought
- proposition - a task to be dealt with
- large order, tall order - a formidable task or requirement
- venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
specific instances: manhattan project - code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II -
A planned undertaking (synset 105919047)
is a type of: plan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplishedsame as: projection
Verb
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Communicate vividly (synset 200745209)
"He projected his feelings"is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings
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Extend out or project in space (synset 202719247)
"His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"subtypes:
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Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another (synset 201438648)
is a type of: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport - send from one person or place to another
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Project on a screen (synset 202142548)
"The images are projected onto the screen"causes: appear - come into sight or viewis a type of: show - make visible or noticeablesubtypes: silhouette - project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
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Cause to be heard (synset 202185193)
"His voice projects well"is a type of: cause to be perceived - have perceptible qualities
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Draw a projection of (synset 201694867)
is a type of: draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
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Make or work out a plan for;
Devise (synset 201641910)"They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"is a type of: create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's handssubtypes: -
Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. (synset 200708009)
"He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"; "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"is a type of: plan - make plans for somethingsame as: propose
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Imagine;
Conceive of;
See in one's mind (synset 201638974)"I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"is a type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case -
Put or send forth (synset 201636439)
"She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"subtypes: shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
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Throw, send, or cast forward (synset 201518423)
"project a missile"same as: send off
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Regard as objective (synset 200731627)
referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental lifesame as: externalise, externalize
Found on Word Lists
- Events ("What?")
- Nouns denoting acts or actions
- Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
- Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
- Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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