projection

UK /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ US /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/

noun 5

Definitions

noun

Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.

The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.

The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.

The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.

The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

current, latest

forward, future

population

financial, profit, sales

VERB + PROJECTION

make

revise

PREP

on ~s

Based on current projections, the company expects to hire 200 new employees next year.

~ about

Scientists made different projections about how the climate might change over the next century.

~ as to

The weather service issued projections as to how much snow would fall overnight.

~ for

The company released sales projections for the next three quarters.

~ of

The company adjusted its projection of sales for next year after the market analysis.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

expulsion
ejection

noun — the act of projecting out from something

protrusion
jut
jutting

noun — a planned undertaking

project

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.

Wiktionary

Projection is another mechanism of defense and is one that is utilized almost universally to explain one's minor mistakes, and in many cases the minor failures as well. By projection we place the blam

Wiktionary

The morality of patriarchy, Mary Daly argues, is charactrized by "a failure to lay claim to that part of the psyche that is then projected onto 'the Other.'"

Wiktionary

Let's begin practicing voice projection.

Tatoeba · #32736

The first projection is coming up in a minute.

Tatoeba · #1081885

He did not believe in physical space flight, but astral projection through the vastness he considered possible.

Tatoeba · #1469199

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, projection is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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