English dictionary · verb

project

to throw or cast forward; to estimate or forecast

Meaning and definitions

1. to throw or cast forward; to estimate or forecast

Connected roots

• pro-

  forward, for, in place of

• ject-

  throwing

Explore the word family

These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• process

  a series of actions taken to achieve an end

• progress

  forward movement toward a destination or goal

• promote

  to further the progress of; to raise to a higher position

• proceed

  to begin or continue a course of action

• provoke

  to stimulate or give rise to a reaction

• inject

  to drive or force a fluid into something

• eject

  to force or throw out violently

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