Projected

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪd/

Definitions

1. Anticipated results are shown before they occur for evaluation
2. Expected outcomes are displayed in advance for planning and assessment
3. Shown or planned based on calculations made before actual occurrence

Etymology: The adjective "projected" is simply the past participle of "project" used to describe something estimated or forecast ahead of time, such as a projected budget or projected sales. Its meaning follows from the verb's sense of throwing something forward into the future. The verb descends from Latin "prōiectus," the past participle of "prōiciō," meaning "throw forth, extend, or expel," built from "pro-" (forward) and "iacere" (to throw). The chain from physical throwing to abstract planning is a short one. A thing thrown forward extends out in space, and the same image was extended to plans and ideas put forward for consideration, then to figures calculated ahead of an event. The adjective inherits that forward-looking sense directly, so a projected figure is one that has been thrown ahead into a time not yet reached.

Synonyms: forecasted, anticipated, planned, estimated

Antonyms: retrospective, retracted, withdrawn