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.

Examples of project onto in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Each light, which features a leafy pattern that projects onto the ground below, takes about six hours to fully charge and stays illuminated for up to 10 hours. —Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2024

The war, in which Scholz had seen action on two fronts, had shattered the sentimental Romanticism projected onto traditional German rural life. —Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024

What shape would a round sun project onto the ground? —Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024

Solar eclipse food and drink deals, discounts and specials Poke a hole in a piece of cardboard and look down to see the shadow of the sun in the shape of a crescent projected onto the ground. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024

This job includes being a mirror or a blank screen for people to project onto and find themselves in. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Mar. 2024

Photo : Burgess Yachts Two Cinemas One of the yacht’s most unique features is the world’s largest outdoor cinema (above) projected onto the lower sail. —Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024

Fans project onto the personal lives of beloved celebrities, bullying their enemies until the celeb has to release a statement telling people to back off. —Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024

Humans have been around a mere fraction of the time that moths have — despite their individual life spans of less than a week — and for an even smaller portion of our existence, light projected onto fabric at 24 frames per second has monopolized our collective attention. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024