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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.

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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

English

Etymology

From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English w?s?an (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijan? (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh?- (“to wish, love”).

Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Danish ønske (“to wish”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?sh, IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: whish (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

wish (plural wishes)

1. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
2. An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
3. The thing desired or longed for.
   • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

     "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.

4. (Sussex) A water meadow.

Usage notes

• Collocates with make for the common expression make a wish. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• precatory
• velleity

Verb

wish (third-person singular simple present wishes, present participle wishing, simple past and past participle wished)

1. (transitive) To desire; to want.
   • 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love

     Now John the butler must be sent
     To learn the road that Phyllis went:
     The groom was wished to saddle Crop;
     For John must neither light nor stop,
     But find her, wheresoe'er she fled,
     And bring her back alive or dead.
2. (transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 84:

     I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!

   • 1808, Jane Austen, letter, 1 October:

     She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.

3. (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome).
   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures

     This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.

   • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

     Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."

4. (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
   • Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.

5. (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
6. (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
   • 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist

     I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.

Usage notes

• In sense 4, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

Translations

References

• wish at OneLook Dictionary Search
• wish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.