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project

/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/ noun

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In Latin: inceptum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about project at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
  2. An urban, low-income housing building.
    Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.
  3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
    a man given to projects

verb

  1. To extend beyond a surface.
  2. To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
  3. To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

Origin

From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).

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