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| n. (act) | 1. labor, project, task, undertaking | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings" |
| ~ child's play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, breeze, picnic, pushover, walkover, snap | any undertaking that is easy to do.; "marketing this product will be no picnic" |
| ~ work | activity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work" |
| ~ 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.; "this project is his baby" |
| ~ endeavor, endeavour, enterprise | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness).; "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" |
| ~ 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.; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition" |
| ~ large order, tall order | a formidable task or requirement.; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it" |
| ~ venture | any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome. |
| ~ manhattan project | code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. project, projection | a planned undertaking. |
| ~ plan, program, programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" |
| ~ cash cow, money-spinner, moneymaker | a project that generates a continuous flow of money. |
| v. (communication) | 3. project | communicate vividly.; "He projected his feelings" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| v. (stative) | 4. jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out | extend out or project in space.; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" |
| ~ overhang | project over. |
| ~ push up, thrust | push upward.; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" |
| ~ spear up, spear | thrust up like a spear.; "The branch speared up into the air" |
| ~ bulge, bag | bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge. |
| ~ cantilever | project as a cantilever. |
| v. (contact) | 5. project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another. |
| ~ channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| v. (perception) | 6. project | project on a screen.; "The images are projected onto the screen" |
| ~ appear | come into sight or view.; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| ~ show | make visible or noticeable.; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" |
| ~ silhouette | project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette. |
| v. (perception) | 7. project | cause to be heard.; "His voice projects well" |
| ~ cause to be perceived | have perceptible qualities. |
| v. (creation) | 8. project | draw a projection of. |
| ~ draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
| v. (creation) | 9. contrive, design, plan, project | make or work out a plan for; devise.; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ plot | devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet).; "the writer is plotting a new novel" |
| ~ concert | contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement. |
| ~ map out, map | plan, delineate, or arrange in detail.; "map one's future" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. project, propose | present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc..; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" |
| ~ plan | make plans for something.; "He is planning a trip with his family" |
| ~ offer | put forward for consideration.; "He offered his opinion" |
| ~ introduce | put before (a body).; "introduce legislation" |
| v. (creation) | 11. envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize | 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" |
| ~ realize, see, understand, realise | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract.; "Mathematicians often visualize" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| v. (creation) | 12. cast, contrive, project, throw | 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" |
| ~ send, direct | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| ~ shoot | send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly.; "shoot a glance" |
| v. (contact) | 13. project, send off | throw, send, or cast forward.; "project a missile" |
| ~ propel, impel | cause to move forward with force.; "Steam propels this ship" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. externalise, externalize, project | regard as objective. |
| ~ psychological science, psychology | the science of mental life. |
| ~ ascribe, attribute, impute, assign | attribute or credit to.; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
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