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In British English the normal pattern is proj-ekt with the stress on the first syllable for the noun, and prǝ-jekt with the stress on the second syllable for the verb. In other English-speaking countries (though not in American English) a pronunciation with long first syllable (proh-) is also found.

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Broad, complex, multidisciplinary approach to the production of a good or service.

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noun

1. A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something: blueprint, design, game plan, idea, layout, plan, schema, scheme, strategy. See planned/unplanned.
2. Something undertaken, especially something requiring extensive planning and work: enterprise, undertaking, venture. See work/play.

verb

1. To curve outward past the normal or usual limit: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, protrude, protuberate, stand out, stick out. See convex/concave.
2. To launch with great force: fire, hurtle, loose, propel, shoot. Idioms: let fly. See move/halt.
3. To send out heat, light, or energy: cast, emit, irradiate, radiate, shed, throw. See move/halt.
4. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay¹, plan, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See planned/unplanned.
5. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, design, intend, mean¹, plan, propose, purpose, target. Regional mind. See planned/unplanned, purpose/purposelessness.
6. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference: call, forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate. See foresight.

v

Definition: bulge, hang out
Antonyms: cave in

v

Definition: throw, discharge
Antonyms: keep

1. A construction undertaking, composed of one or more buildings and the site improvements, planned and executed in a fixed time period.
2. In an office, a job or a commission.
3. A planned, large apartment building or housing complex, usually built at minimum cost with government funds for low-income families; also called a housing project.
4. The total construction designed by the architect, of which the work performed under the contract documents may be the whole or a part.

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sign description: The P-hand moves up the palm side of the hand and down the back, followed by the letter J being made on the back of the hand.

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Quotes:

"Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will always find that the task itself arises only when the material conditions necessary for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation." - Karl Marx

"There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?" - Jean Jacques Rousseau

For a list of words related to project, see:

• Real Estate Practice - project: group of houses or apartments built and arranged in defined area, often low-cost housing
• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - project: (vb) speak so that voice carries to entire audience

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - plan, projekt
v. tr. - planlægge, udslynge, projicere
v. intr. - rage frem

idioms:

• project oneself    sætte sig ind i

Nederlands (Dutch)
projecteren, uitsteken, uit laten steken, project, groep huizen, onderneming

Français (French)
n. - projet, (École) dossier, (Univ) mémoire, (US) cité HLM, lotissement HLM
v. tr. - projeter, envoyer, faire porter (une voix), donner (une image), projeter (une angoisse), prévoir (des chiffres), (Cin, Phys) projeter, (Géog) faire la projection de, (Math) projeter (un solide)
v. intr. - faire saillie, surplomber, (Théât) passer la rampe (acteur)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Projekt, Plan
v. - projizieren, werfen, schleudern, übertragen, planen, vorspringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σχέδιο, (σχεδιαζόμενο, προγραμματισμένο ή αναπτυξιακό) έργο, τεχνική μελέτη έργου, μαθητική εργασία
v. - σχεδιάζω, μελετώ, εκπονώ, προβάλλω (ταινία κ.λπ.), εκτοξεύω, εκσφενδονίζω, εξακοντίζω, προεξέχω, ξεπροβάλλω, προεκτείνω/-ομαι, επιμηκύνω/-ομαι, (ψυχολ.) επιρρίπτω

idioms:

• project oneself    μεταφέρομαι (νοητικά)

Italiano (Italian)
progettare, proiettare, progetto

idioms:

• project oneself    proiettarsi
• project onto    proiettare su

Português (Portuguese)
n. - projeto (m)
v. - projetar

idioms:

• project oneself    projetar-se
• project onto    projetar sobre

Русский (Russian)
проектировать, проецировать, выдаваться, проект

idioms:

• project oneself    переноситься (в будущее)
• project onto    переносить на, срывать на

Español (Spanish)
n. - proyecto
v. tr. - proyectar, planear, sobresalir, resaltar
v. intr. - volar, salir fuera, sobresalir, destacarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plan, förslag, uppslag, projekt
v. - projektera, planera, projicera, framhäva, slunga ut, kasta, rikta, skjuta fram, sticka ut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
计划, 事业, 方案, 投掷, 设计, 突出, 伸出, 投射

idioms:

• project oneself    突出自己, 表现自己

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 計劃, 事業, 方案
v. tr. - 計劃, 投擲, 設計
v. intr. - 突出, 伸出, 投射

idioms:

• project oneself    突出自己, 表現自己

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 안, 계획
v. tr. - 입안하다, 계획하다
v. intr. - 삐죽[불쑥] 나오다

idioms:

• project oneself    자기 몸을 ~에 놓고 보다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 計画, 企画, 事業, 企業
v. - 突き出す, 投げ出す, 投影する, 計画する, 予測する, 生きいきと伝える, 提示する, 突出する, はっきりと声を出す

idioms:

• project oneself    投影する
• project onto    投入する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خطه, مشروع (فعل) يعطي فكرة, يسلط النور على, يتصور ويعتبر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרוייקט, מיזם, מפעל, תוכנית‬
v. tr. - ‮תכנן, הבליט, הטיל, השליך, הקרין‬
v. intr. - ‮בלט, הציג תדמית של‬

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