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project
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?iectus, perfect passive participle of pr?ici? (“throw forth, extend; expel”).
Pronunciation
- Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??d??kt/, (rare) /?p???d??kt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?p???d??kt/, /?p??d??kt/
- (General American) enPR: pr?j??kt', pr?j??kt IPA(key): /?p??d???kt/, /?p??d???kt/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?p??d??kt/, /?p?o?d??kt/
- Rhymes: -?d??kt, -?d??kt, -?d??kt, -o?d??kt
- Hyphenation: proj?ect
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: pr?-j?kt? IPA(key): /p???d??kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: pro?ject
Noun
project (plural projects)
- A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation
- projects of happiness devised by human reason
- 1924, Clarence Budington Kelland, The Steadfast Heart/Chapter 22
- Rainbow, […] came forward enthusiastically to put its money into the project in sums which ran all the way from one share at ten dollars to ten shares
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.
- The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation
- (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
- (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
- (US, sports) a raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot diamond in the rough
- 2014 Oct 27, Gabriele Marcotti, "Ancelotti triumphs, van Gaal's progress, Dortmund disappoint, more", ESPN FC:
- Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing.
- 2018 Sep 2, Arnie Melendrez Stapleton, "Broncos cut ties with 2016 first-round pick QB Lynch", WNYT:
- Elway acknowledged at the time that Lynch was a project who needed some seasoning but he expressed hope that Lynch might be a quick study. He wasn't.
- 2014 Oct 27, Gabriele Marcotti, "Ancelotti triumphs, van Gaal's progress, Dortmund disappoint, more", ESPN FC:
- (obsolete) A projectile.
- (obsolete) A projection.
- (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
Hyponyms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (purojekuto)
- ? Korean: ???? (peurojekteu)
Translations
Verb
project (third-person singular simple present projects, present participle projecting, simple past and past participle projected)
- (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
- Synonyms: extend, jut, protrude, stick out
- (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- Synonyms: cast, throw
- (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- Synonyms: extend, jut, jut out
- (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
- Synonyms: forecast, foresee, foretell
- (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- 1946, Dr. Ralph S. Banay, The Milwaukee Journal, Is Modern Woman a Failure:
- It is difficult to gauge the exact point at which women stop trying to fool men and really begin to deceive themselves, but an objective analyst cannot escape the conclusion (1) that partly from a natural device inherent in the species, women deliberately project upon actual or potential suitors an impression of themselves that is not an accurate picture of their total nature, and (2) that few women ever are privileged to see themselves as they really are.
- 1946, Dr. Ralph S. Banay, The Milwaukee Journal, Is Modern Woman a Failure:
- (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
- (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
- (geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
Translations
Further reading
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “project”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin pr?iectum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro??j?kt/
- Hyphenation: pro?ject
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
project n (plural projecten, diminutive projectje n)
- project (planned endeavor)
Derived terms
- bouwproject
- kunstproject
- projectonderwijs
- projectontwikkelaar
Related terms
- projecteren
- projectie
- projector
Descendants
- Afrikaans: projek
- ? Indonesian: proyek
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objective
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French objectif, from Latin obiect?vus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/, /?b?d???k.t?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
objective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective)
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
- (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
- The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
Usage notes
- Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.
Antonyms
- subjective
Derived terms
- nonobjective
- objective correlative
- objectivity
Translations
Noun
objective (plural objectives)
- A material object that physically exists.
- A goal that is striven for.
- Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
- (grammar) The objective case.
- Synonyms: object case, objective case
- (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:goal
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b.??k.tiv/
- Homophone: objectives
Adjective
objective
- feminine singular of objectif
Latin
Adjective
object?ve
- vocative masculine singular of object?vus
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