project
noun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɒdʒekt/ usa piece of planned work or an activity which is done over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular purpose:
The date for starting the project will be set once financing is completed.
set up/launch a project They set up the research project with help from the university.
fund/pay for/finance a project Two local businesses funded the project.
manage/run a project
complete/finish a project
a joint/large/major project
a building/construction/development project
See also
capital project
greenfield project
project
verb [ T ]
uk/prəʊˈdʒekt/ us ECONOMICS, FINANCE
to calculate an amount or number expected in the future from information already known:
The amount was less than we had projected.
The state is projecting a $275 million shortfall for the rest of the fiscal year.
be projected (to do sth) Growth rate is projected for five years.
The deficit is projected to rise to $17 million next year.
The project controller said the highway was currently seeing between 20,000 and 24,000 vehicles a day, fewer than the 26,000 originally projected.
The review projects that gas could end up accounting for more than 50% of generating supply by 2020.
to plan for sth to happen or expect sth to happen:
be projected to do sth The work is projected to start in November.
to make other people see or feel a particular quality or idea in the way you behave:
The candidate projects supreme confidence in his own views and abilities.
He was told that arriving in his Rolls-Royce might project the wrong image .
COMMUNICATIONS
to cause an image to appear on a screen or surface using a projector:
project sth on/onto sth The digital video will be projected on a huge I-MAX screen.