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Synonyms: protect, provect, projet, prosect, profect

Antonyms: protect, provect, projet, prosect, profect

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. A [[plan]]ned [[endeavor]], usually with a specific [[goal]] and accomplished in several steps or stages.
  2. {{lb|en|usually|in the plural|US}} An urban, low-income [[housing]] building.
  3. {{lb|en|dated}} An idle [[scheme]]; an impracticable [[design]].
  4. {{lb|en|US|sports}} A raw [[recruit]] who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a [[long shot]], [[diamond in the rough]].
  5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[projectile]].
  6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[projection]].

Verb

  1. {{senseid|en|extend beyond}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[extend]] beyond a surface.
  2. {{senseid|en|cast an image}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cast]] (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
  3. {{senseid|en|extend something}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[extend]] (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
  4. {{senseid|en|forecast}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To make plans for; to [[forecast]].
  5. {{senseid|en|present}} {{lb|en|transitive|reflexive}} To [[present]] (oneself), to [[convey]] a certain [[impression]], usually in a good way.
  6. {{senseid|en|assume}} {{lb|en|transitive|psychology|psychoanalysis}} To [[assume]] [[quality|qualities]] or [[mindset]]s in others based on one's own [[personality]].
  7. {{senseid|en|spatial data}} {{lb|en|cartography}} To change the [[projection]] (or [[coordinate system]]) of [[spatial]] [[data]] with another projection.
  8. {{senseid|en|draw}} {{lb|en|geometry}} 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.
  9. {{senseid|en|neurons}} {{lb|en|neuroanatomy}} (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have [[axon]](s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
  10. {{senseid|en|make something heard}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
  11. {{senseid|en|make oneself heard}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
  12. {{senseid|en|reach}} {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To extend to reach a point.

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