noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/
Canada, General-American:/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/pɹəˈd͡ʒektə/
rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:P R AH0 JH EH1 K T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
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Meaning 2
An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
That which projects or launches something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a depth charge projector
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4
noun
Meaning 4
One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
An operator that forms a projection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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6
noun
Meaning 6
an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: optical instrument
Narrower terms: epidiascope, front projector, movie projector, cine projector, film projector, overhead projector, slide projector
7
noun
Meaning 7
an optical device for projecting a beam of light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: optical device
History
Etymology
Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
aloitteentekijä
— one who devises or suggests a project