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προβάλλω

Pronunciation: /pɾoˈva.lo/

“προβάλλω” is a Greek word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to present itself
  2. to project (to cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth)
  3. to promote (to attempt to popularize)
  4. to put forward, to present, to raise (:argument, objection, etc.)
  5. to project
  6. to project (to assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality)

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek προβάλλω (probállō), with learned semantic loan from French projeter and English project. By surface analysis, προ- (pro-) + βάλλω (vállo).

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