1 (estimate) [+costs, expenditure] hacer una proyección de it is impossible to project costs from these figures a basic spreadsheet which allows us to project likely acquisition costs we have been asked to project our expenditure over the next five years
2 (forecast) prever the population of Britain is projected to rise slowly over the next ten years se prevé que la población de Gran Bretaña aumentará lentamente durante los próximos diez años; a projected deficit of 2 million dollars un déficit previsto de 2 millones de dólares
the government is projecting a 5% price increase according to the projected figures ... we project sales at 30 million dollars Africa's population is projected to double by 2025 the government had been projecting a 5% consumer price increase for the entire year the analysts are projecting economic growth at 2 percent for the year the population of Britain is projected to rise slowly over the next ten years projected costs have risen to £10.5 billion /according to the projected figures/ the communists have scored around 2 per cent of the vote he wants to reduce next year's projected deficit of $2 billion
3 (plan) (usu passive) there were demonstrations against his projected visit hubo manifestaciones en contra de su programada prevista visita;or it stood in the path of a projected motorway estaba situado en un lugar por donde estaba previsto que pasara una autopista
4 (throw, send forward) [+object] (formal) lanzar; [+light] proyectar to project a rocket into space what I enjoy about shot-putting is just the sensation of /picking up a big lump of iron and and projecting it into the far distance/
the impact projected him forward onto the windscreen con el impacto salió despedido contra el parabrisas; to project one's voice [+singer, actor] proyectar la voz
pieces of masonry were projected through the air by the explosion you must learn to project your voice more to project a spotlight onto a stage it projects an infra-red laser beam through a series of lenses to project [o.s.] into the future he tried to project himself into her mind as children they had become very adept at projecting themselves into the world of make-believe to come to terms with these feelings you have to project yourself into your mother's situation
5 (show) [+slide, image] proyectar the team tried projecting the maps with two different projectors onto the same screen these images can also be projected onto a piece of blank paper or a film they were delighted to see their holiday slides projected on a screen
6 (communicate, represent) [+image, personality] proyectar what image does the company want to project? you must have the ability to project confidence Bradley projects a natural warmth and sincerity it is important to project the right image in public he has yet to project his personality better his first job will be to project Glasgow as a friendly city the initial image projected was of a caring, effective president they want to project Labour as the party of progress
he projected himself as the ideal family man daba la imagen del hombre de familia ideal
he just hasn't been able to project himself as the strong leader
7 (Psychology and Psychiatry) I project my own rage/fear onto the children proyecto mi propia cólera/mi propio miedo en los niños
he projects his own thoughts and ideas onto her she easily projects her own anxieties and insecurity upon other people it is quite natural to project one's likes and needs upon one's children in reality, doctors project their own fears onto their patients she tended to project the blame onto others
