project

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. plan, purpose, enterprise; endeavor. —v. protrude, bulge, jut; throw, hurl, pitch; devise, plan, scheme, intend. See convexity, propulsion, undertaking.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. outline, design, scheme; see plan 2 .

v.

1. [To thrust out]

Syn. protrude, hang over, extend, jut, bulge, beetle, stretch out, push out, stand out, stick out, hang out, jut out, be prominent, be conspicuous, be convex.

Ant. withdraw*, regress, revert.

2. [To throw]

Syn. pitch, heave, propel; see throw 1 .

3. [To propose]

Syn. predict, forecast, calculate, set forth; see propose 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

venture, undertaking, enterprise, job, work, campaign, occupation, assignment, task, plan, scheme, proposal.

II

v.

1. plan propose, calculate, predict, estimate, forecast, scheme, envision, conceive, draft, outline.

2. jut bulge, stick out, overhang, protrude.

3. throw hurl, cast, shoot, propel, fling, launch.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something: blueprint, design, game plan, idea, layout, plan, schema, scheme, strategy. See PLANNED. 2. Something undertaken, especially something requiring extensive planning and work: enterprise, undertaking, venture. See WORK. II verb 1. To curve outward past the normal or usual limit: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, protrude, protu-berate, stand out, stick out. See CONVEX. 2. To launch with great force: fire, hurtle, loose, propel, shoot. Idiom: let fly. See MOVE. 3. To send out heat, light, or energy: cast, emit, irradiate, radiate, shed, throw. See MOVE. 4. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay1, plan, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal: dope out. Idiom: lay plans. See PLANNED. 5. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, design, intend, mean1, plan, propose, purpose, target. Regional: mind. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 6. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference: call, forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate. See FORESIGHT.