projector

B2 Topic:Film & Television

US /pɹəˈdʒɛktɚ/ UK /pɹəˈdʒɛktə/ See IPA manual

Freq #12367

Meanings

1

noun
a device that projects an enlarged image or beam of light onto a surface

The teacher connected her laptop to the classroom projector.
2

noun
dated: a person who devises, proposes, or promotes a scheme or enterprise

Investors distrusted the bold projector and his promises of effortless profit.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a device that projects an... projection device

2 noun · dated: a person who... schemer promoterplanner

Word family

Forms Projectors

Derived forms autoprojectormicroprojectorminiprojectorpicoprojectorprojectorless

Related forms project projectionprojectionistscreen lens

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Phrases (1)

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overhead projector
a device that projects enlarged images from transparent sheets onto a screen

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From project + the agent or instrument suffix -or, with influence from Latin projector ("one who throws forward"). The older noun named a person who put forward a scheme; the modern device similarly throws or casts light and images onto a surface.

Topics

Film & Television Tools, Machines & Construction Register & Style

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# projector

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈdʒɛktɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /pɹəˈdʒɛktə/
**Frequency rank:** 12367

## Meanings
1. a device that projects an enlarged image or beam of light onto a surface
2. dated: a person who devises, proposes, or promotes a scheme or enterprise

## Examples
- The teacher connected her laptop to the classroom projector.
- Investors distrusted the bold projector and his promises of effortless profit.

## Synonyms
- projection device
- schemer
- promoter
- planner

## Derived Forms
- autoprojector
- microprojector
- miniprojector
- picoprojector
- projectorless

## Related Forms
- project
- projection
- projectionist
- screen
- lens

## Etymology
From project + the agent or instrument suffix -or, with influence from Latin projector ("one who throws forward"). The older noun named a person who put forward a scheme; the modern device similarly throws or casts light and images onto a surface.

## Topics
- Film & Television
- Tools, Machines & Construction
- Register & Style

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