projector

CEFRB2

/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A device that shows images or video on a screen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.

Examples

  • How do I turn off the projector?

  • Sami works in a big room with a huge projector.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /pɹəˈd͡ʒektə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. That which projects or launches something.

  2. Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.

  3. One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.

More examples

In context

  • The projector doesn't work.

  • a depth charge projector

  • [A]s the Doctor neither did this, nor yet sent him an answer, the projector wrote a second letter […].

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The teacher used a digital blank to show the slides on the screen.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or.