Projection has various meanings, but what they all have in common is that something is sent out or forward. A movie is projected onto a screen; a skilled actress projects her voice out into a large …

PROJECTION definition: a projecting or protruding part. See examples of projection used in a sentence.

Projection is where you see in others what is really within yourself. The relative's negativity toward the patient involves a projection of the relative's own feelings of vulnerability from previous personal …

Definition of projection noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The projection of a film or picture is the act of projecting it onto a screen or wall. They took me into a projection room to see a picture.

PROJECTION meaning: 1 : an estimate of what might happen in the future based on what is happening now; 2 : something that sticks out from a surface

projection noun forecast, estimate, reckoning, prediction, calculation, estimation, computation, extrapolation the company's sales projections for the next year

Jan 20, 2026 · Noun projection (countable and uncountable, plural projections) Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.

When you push something away from a central structure, that's called projection. If you predict that the Jets will win tomorrow's game, that's a projection, too — you're pushing your mind away from the …

1. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations 2. the projection of an image from a film onto a screen 3. a planned undertaking Similar: project 4. any structure that branches out from a …