projection

Universal Words noun estimate 1 [C] an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now: to make forward / backward projections of population figures * Sales have exceeded our projections. * Calculations are based on a projection of existing trends. of image 2 [U,C] the act of putting an image of sth onto a surface; an image that is shown in this way: the projection of three-dimensional images on a computer screen * film / holographic / laser / video projections of solid shape 3 [C] (technical) a solid shape or object as represented on a flat surface: map projections sth that sticks out 4 [C] something that sticks out from a surface: tiny projections on the cell of voice / sound 5 [U] the act of making your voice, a sound, etc. AUDIBLE (= able to be heard) at a distance: voice projection psychology 6 [U] (technical) the act of imagining that sb else is thinking the same as you and is reacting in the same way of thoughts / feelings 7 [C,U] the act of giving a form and structure to inner thoughts and feelings: The idea of God is a projection of humans' need to have something greater than themselves.