project onto
phrasal verb
projected onto; projecting onto; projects onto
: to believe or imagine that (one's ideas, feelings, etc.) are shared by (another person)
She projected her fears onto him.
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The pair envisioned a wearable device that people would clip to their clothes and interact with using voice commands and a laser display projected onto their hand.
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Erin Griffith, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
An image of Elon Musk making a controversial salute during a speech on Monday was projected onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Many of those feelings wound up being projected onto Thompson.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2024
The opportunity for the land now boundless, those patches of dust become ripe with potential for what any imagination projects onto them.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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Erin Griffith, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
An image of Elon Musk making a controversial salute during a speech on Monday was projected onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Many of those feelings wound up being projected onto Thompson.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2024
The opportunity for the land now boundless, those patches of dust become ripe with potential for what any imagination projects onto them.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for project onto
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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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