PROJECTS
Noun
projects
plural of project
Noun
projects pl (plural only)
(US, usually preceded by the) One or more high-density urban housing developments for residents having low incomes.
Synonyms
• (housing development): jects
Verb
projects
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of project
Source: Wiktionary
PROJECT
Proj"ect, n. Etym: [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p.
of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See Jet a
shooting forth, and cf. Projet.]
1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.]
Holland.
2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or
devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
Vented much policy, and projects deep. Milton.
Projects of happiness devised by human reason. Rogers.
He entered into the project with his customary ardor. Prescott.
3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to
projects.
Syn.
– Design; scheme; plan; purpose.
– Project, Design. A project is something of a practical nature
thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a
project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An
ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound sense,
will be slow in forming them into designs. See also Scheme.
Pro*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Projecting.] Etym: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Before his feet herself she did project. Spenser.
Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the
crystal tide. Pope.
2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to
scheme; as, to project a plan.
What sit then projecting peace and war Milton.
3. (Persp.)
Definition: To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as,
to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes
with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a
plane. See Projection, 4.
Pro*ject", v. i.
1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be
prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from
the tree.
2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition