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Projection: meaning, example and synonyms

Projectionn. An estimate or forecast of a future amount or trend based on present data.

Flashcard for Projection (noun): an estimate or forecast of a future amount or trend based on present data. Example: The demographer's projection, which assumed birth rates would keep declining, suggested that the region's schools would face shrinking enrollments within a decade. Synonyms: forecast, estimate, prediction, extrapolation. Antonyms: actual result, hindsight. Memory tip: Projection: you PROJECT today's numbers forward into the future. Illustration: an analyst in a sweater pointing at a large unlabeled wall chart where a solid line rises and then continues as a dotted line into blank space, two colleagues watching.

Example

The demographer's projection, which assumed birth rates would keep declining, suggested that the region's schools would face shrinking enrollments within a decade.

Part of speech
noun
Synonyms
forecast, estimate, prediction, extrapolation
Antonyms
actual result, hindsight
Memory tip
Projection: you PROJECT today's numbers forward into the future.

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Question 1

Based on rainfall data from the past fifty years, the hydrologists' ______ indicated that the reservoir would fall below safe levels within a decade unless consumption was reduced.

Question 2

The company's optimistic sales ______ for the coming year, which assumed that demand would keep doubling, proved wildly inaccurate once competitors entered the market.

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