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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)

  1. 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.
  2. (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
  3. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
  4. (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.
  5. (obsolete) A projectile.
  6. (obsolete) A projection.
  7. (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)

  1. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
    Synonyms: extend, jut, protrude, stick out
  2. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
    Synonyms: cast, throw
  3. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
    Synonyms: extend, jut, jut out
  4. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
    Synonyms: forecast, foresee, foretell
  5. (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.
  6. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
  7. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
  8. (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)

  1. project (planned endeavor)

Derived terms

  • bouwproject
  • kunstproject
  • projectonderwijs
  • projectontwikkelaar

Related terms

  • projecteren
  • projectie
  • projector

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: projek
  • ? Indonesian: proyek

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prophesy

English

Etymology

From Middle English prophecien; partly from prophecie, and partly from Middle French prophecier, prophesier, from prophecie (prophecy).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p??f?sa?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?p??f?sa?/

Verb

prophesy (third-person singular simple present prophesies, present participle prophesying, simple past and past participle prophesied)

  1. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. [from 14th c.]
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Joel 2:28,[1]
      And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
    • 1648, Robert Herrick, “Not every day fit for Verse” in Hesperides, London: John Williams & Francis Eglesfield, p. 285,[2]
      ’Tis not ev’ry day, that I
      Fitted am to prophesie:
      No, but when the Spirit fils
      The fantastick Pannicles:
      Full of fier; then I write
      As the Godhead doth indite.
    • 1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Oxford: Heinemann, 1996, Part One, Chapter Eleven, p. 70,[3]
      [] at that very moment a loud and high-pitched voice broke the outer silence of the night. It was Chielo, the priestess of Agbala, prophesying. There was nothing new in that. Once in a while Chielo was possessed by the spirit of her god and she began to prophesy.
  2. To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). [from 14th c.]
    • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 1,[4]
      Then I perceive that will be verified
      Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy
      ‘If once he come to be a cardinal,
      He’ll make his cap co-equal with the crown.’
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 1 Kings 22:8,[5]
      He doth not prophesy good concerning me.
    • 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, Chapter 5,[6]
      People prophesied a long continuance to this already lengthened frost; said the spring would be very late; no spring fashions required; no summer clothing purchased for a short uncertain summer.
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 745:
      ‘It has been prophesied more than once that he will find it.’
  3. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
    • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, Scene 3,[7]
      Methought thy very gait did prophesy
      A royal nobleness. I must embrace thee.
  4. (intransitive, Christianity) To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach. [from 14th c.]
    • 1646, Jeremy Taylor, Of the Liberty of Prophesying, Section 4, in Treatises of 1. The liberty of prophesying, 2. Prayer ex tempore, 3. Episcopacie: together with a sermon, London: R. Royston, 1648, p. 73,[8]
      [] if we consider that we have no certain wayes of determining places of difficulty and Question, infallibly and certainly [] we shall see a very great necessity in allowing a liberty in Prophesying without prescribing authoritatively to other mens consciences, and becomming Lords and Masters of their Faith.

Related terms

  • prophecy
  • prophesier
  • prophesize (nonstandard)
  • prophet
  • prophetic
  • prophetize

Translations

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