noun
    
    plural -ects
    
    [count] a planned piece of work that has a specific purpose (such as to find information or to make something new) and that usually requires a lot of time
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    a task or problem in school that requires careful work over a long period of time
    
    
    
    US :housing project
    
    usually plural
    
    
    
    verb
    
    -jects; -jected; -jecting
    
    [+ obj] :to plan, calculate, or estimate (something) for a time in the future
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to cause (light, a picture, a movie, etc.) to appear on a surface - often + on or onto
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to have or show (a particular quality, image, etc., that can be seen by other people)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] :to stick out beyond an edge or surface
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to send or throw (something) forward, upward, or outward
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    project onto
    
    [phrasal verb]
    
    project (something) onto (someone) :to believe or imagine that (your ideas, feelings, etc.) are shared by (another person)