Projected Project Rate Projecting Prəˈdʒekt Year Unemployment Fall

• the next edition of the book is projected for publication in march.
• the projected housing development will go ahead next year.
• a growth rate of 4% is projected for next year.
• the unemployment rate has been projected to fall.

project

1. to plan an activity, a project etc. for a time in the future
• The next edition of the book is projected for publication in March.
• The projected housing development will go ahead next year.
2. to estimate what the size, cost or amount of something will be in the future based on what is happening now
• synonym forecast
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• A growth rate of 4% is projected for next year.
• The unemployment rate has been projected to fall.
• It is projected that the unemployment rate will fall.
3. to make light, an image, etc. fall onto a flat surface or screen
• Images are projected onto the retina of the eye.
4. to stick out beyond an edge or a surface
• synonym protrude
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• a building with balconies projecting out over the street
5. to present somebody/something/yourself to other people in a particular way, especially one that gives a good impression
• They sought advice on how to project a more positive image of their company.
• She projects an air of calm self-confidence.
• He projected himself as a man worth listening to.
6. to send or throw something up or away from yourself
• Actors must learn to project their voices.
• the powerful men who would project him into the White House

Extra Examples

• He saw the top of the car projecting above the water.
• His feet were projecting beyond the end of the bed.
• The budget deficit was projected at £30 million.
• These rates can be projected forward to give figures for the next ten years.
• Two iron bars projected from the wall.
• a balcony projecting out over the lake
• the population increases projected for Asia

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they project
• he / she / it projects
• past simple projected
• past participle projected
• -ing form projecting

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘preliminary design, tabulated statement’): from Latin projectum ‘something prominent’, neuter past participle of proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’. Early senses of the verb were ‘plan’ and ‘cause to move forward’.