project-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: convey or communicate effectively

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PROJECT NP2

Examples:
You know, a person with good posture projects poise, confidence and dignity.
He projects himself as a confident speaker.
Recently the president has sought to project a much tougher image.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: stick out, jut out, protrude

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PROJECT (NP2)

Examples:
The hotel dining room projects out over the water.
The balcony projected several feet.
The boy projected his jaw in defiance.

Mappings:
VerbNet: spatial_configuration-47.6
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: project.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: send off, cast forward

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PROJECT (NP2)

Examples:
How does a cannon project a missile?
His voice projects well.
She had trouble projecting her voice to the back of the auditorium.
She projected a light beam into the dark corner.

Mappings:
VerbNet: spatial_configuration-47.6
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: project.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 10, 11

Sense Number 4: transfer an image or feeling onto something else

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PROJECT NP2[patient[abstract]] ONTO NP3
NOTE: -Psychology: imagining or ascribing one's own feeling or thought on someone else. -Math: transform a geometric figure into another by drawing straight lines through every point of the figure to another plane.

Examples:
The teacher projected the photograph onto a screen.
Please project the color onto the surface.
The instrument intercepted the rays of the sun and projected a shadow upon a disc.
He had projected his fear of heights onto her.
I suspect he's projecting his anxieties onto you.
It can be used as a rotation matrix to project the shape onto the principal component axes.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4, 6, 12

Sense Number 5: estimate, propose plan

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PROJECT NP2

Examples:
Government spending is projected to rise by 3% next year.
They project an increase of $6 million dollar for maintenance.
The managers project an extended tour next year.

Mappings:
VerbNet: estimate-34.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: project.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7, 8, 9

Sense Number 6: imagine, envision or visualize

Examples:
She projected herself back into her past.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9