projecting
Syllables: pro·ject·ing/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/
projecting adjective: sticking out. Also the present participle and gerund of project.
Adjective
projecting (not comparable)
- Sticking out.
- I caught and tore my coat on the projecting nail.
- Synonyms:
- outstanding, prominent, protuberous, bulging, exserted, extuberant, jutting, obtrusive, projectory, promontorial
- Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
Noun
projecting (plural projectings)
- The act by which something is projected.
- The movie projector here is, of course, an analog of Soul, and its projectings (abstracting from the movie screen on which they fall) analogs of Soul's ontically generative activities.2008, Michael F. Wagner, The Enigmatic Reality of Time: Aristotle, Plotinus, and Today, page 15
- A projecting part.
- The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]1820, John Gibson Lockhart, Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk, page 20
- Assumption of qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality; projection.
Also used as
projecting is also the present participle and gerund of project.
projecting meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
projecting in Hindi
- प्रक्षेपित करना
projecting in Marathi
- प्रकल्पित करणे
projecting in Urdu
- پروجیکٹنگ
projecting in Bengali
- প্রজেক্টিং
More languagesFewer languages
- projecting in Telugu
- ప్రొజెక్టింగ్
- projecting in Malayalam
- പ്രൊജക്റ്റിംഗ്, പ്രോജക്റ്റിംഗ്, പ്രൊജക്റ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നു
- projecting in Kannada
- ಪ್ರೊಜೆಕ್ಟಿಂಗ್
- projecting in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟਿੰਗ
- projecting in Gujarati
- પ્રોજેક્ટિંગ
- projecting in Odia
- ପ୍ରଜେକ୍ଟିଙ୍ଗ୍, ପ୍ରଜେକ୍ଟିଂ, ପ୍ରଜେକ୍ଟିଙ୍ଗ
- projecting in Nepali
- परियोजनाकरण
Synonyms of projecting
- outstanding
- prominent
- protuberous
- bulging
- exserted
- jutting
- projectory
- promontorial
- protruding
- protuberant
3 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of projecting
| plural | projectings |
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Words formed from projecting
Questions about projecting
- What does projecting mean?
- Projecting means sticking out.
- What is projecting in Hindi?
- Projecting in Hindi is प्रक्षेपित करना. See Projecting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is projecting?
- Projecting can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce projecting?
- Projecting is pronounced /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/.
Words near projecting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: projecting (page history and authors); projecting (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projecting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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