projects

noun

1
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
2
(usually in the plural) An urban low-income housing building.
“Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.”
3
An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
“a man given to projects”
4
A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot diamond in the rough
5
A projectile.
6
A projection.
7
The place from which a thing projects.

1
To extend beyond a surface.
2
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
3
To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
4
To make plans for; to forecast.
“The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.”
5
To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
6
To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
7
To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
8
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.

1
(usually preceded by the) One or more high-density urban housing developments for residents having low incomes.

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