noun
projection
pruh-JEHK-shuhn
noun
1
A forecast or estimate based on current data.
"The company's revenue projection for next year looks promising."
2
An image displayed by casting light onto a surface.
"The museum used a wall projection to bring the ancient mural to life."
3
A part that sticks out from a surface.
"A small projection in the rock face made a natural handhold."
4
A psychological process of attributing one's own feelings onto someone else.
"Her jealousy was, in part, a projection of her own insecurities."
How to Use Projection
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA forecast, a displayed image, a protruding part, or (in psychology) misattributing your own feelings to others.
Common pairings
financial projection
map projection
film projection
Word Forms
projections plural
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Etymology
From Latin proiectio, from proicio, "to throw forward."