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# projection

noun (projection, projections)

«projection» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A projection is an image shown on a screen or wall by a projector. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#m1)
2. A projection is a guess about the future based on numbers now: a sales projection. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#m2)
3. A projection is a part that sticks out from something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#m3)
4. (maths and geography) A map projection is a way of drawing the round Earth on a flat map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#m4)
5. (psychology) Projection is blaming others for feelings you have yourself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#m5)

### In the lessons

In class the teacher uses a projector to make a projection on the board. In maths and data lessons projections predict future numbers. In geography, every flat map uses a projection and so stretches some places (on many world maps Greenland looks much bigger than it is).

### Examples

- The projection on the wall was blurry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x1)
- The teacher adjusted the projection. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x2)
- The projection says the town will grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x3)
- A rock projection made a shelter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x4)
- The Mercator projection makes Greenland look huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x5)
- Population projections help plan schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x6)
- Voice projection helps actors be heard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x7)
- The film projection started late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Verb: project (pro-JECT); noun «project» (PRO-ject) is a piece of work. A projection is an estimate, not a fact. In maths, «if it grows by 10 each year, the projection after 3 years is +30».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «projection» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projection/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«projection» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/projection.html) on Mova free.