project

Task requiring planning

A project is an undertaking with a defined goal, typically requiring sustained effort: a research project, a home improvement project.

Housing projects are government-subsidized residential developments.

To project is to throw forward—light projected onto a screen, a voice projected to the back of a room.

You project confidence by displaying it outwardly.

To project future trends is to estimate them based on current data.

A projection extends outward from a surface: a rocky projection from the cliff face.

undertaking

endeavor

Purposeful sustained attempt

assignment · task · undertaking · scheme · program · campaign · effort · work · job · commission

planning

timeline

Ordered display of events

budget · resources · scope · deliverables · phases · roadmap · tasks · strategy · implementation · requirements

research

hypothesis

Testable proposed explanation

analysis · publication · laboratory · fieldwork · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · thesis · dissertation · findings

protrude

extend

Make longer or larger

protrusion · ledge · cantilever · outcrop · prominence · bulge · extrusion · shelf · jetty · balcony

collaboration

teamwork

Joint effort toward shared aim

stakeholder · cross-functional · interdisciplinary · taskforce · delegation · communication · meetings · feedback · accountability · collective

presentation

slideshow

Sequential visual display

PowerPoint · keynote · proposal · showcase · poster · exhibit · display · walkthrough · demo · prototype

film

cinematography

Motion picture visual craft

soundtrack · casting · premiere · blockbuster · indie · studio · producer · shooting · location · set

housing

public housing

Subsidized homes for poor

redevelopment · subsidized · rezoning · gentrification · construction · residential · tenement · tower block · estate · social housing

estimate

forecast

Prediction of future conditions

calculate · assess · gauge · evaluate · budget estimate · cost estimate · ballpark · guesstimate · assumption

outreach

community

Collective of connected people

volunteerism · philanthropy · activism · service · inclusion · empowerment · nonprofit · grassroots · intervention · literacy

Categories
Opposites
spatial extension/projection

projectretract

Withdraw something said

recede · withdraw · recess · indent · contract

TEMPORAL DIRECTION (mental)

projectremember

Retain in mind

recall · look back · reminisce · reflect · retrospect

communication/expression

projectsuppress

Forcibly put an end to

withhold · keep · internalize · muffle · conceal

Phrases
Family

projecting, projection, projected, projects, projector, projectile, projectors, projectiles, projectionist

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G