project onto

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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Rear visibility is comes exclusively via a camera projecting onto a digital mirror – because the car completely deletes the rear window. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026 Still, the biosecurity expert cautioned against projecting onto the Russians how the US would handle a biosecurity incident. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 To mark the launch, JioHotstar’s Big Bang visual was projected onto Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, with both brands sharing the display. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 Now, as then, shifting white shapes had been projected onto the walls around the boxes. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for project onto

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