Projective Object

Let C 𝐶 C be category. An object P : C : 𝑃 𝐶 P:C is projective if it has the left-lifting property against Epimorphisms.

Explicitly, for every f : P → B : 𝑓 → 𝑃 𝐵 f:P\to B , e : A ↠ P : 𝑒 ↠ 𝐴 𝑃 e:A\twoheadrightarrow P , there merely exists a lift P → A → 𝑃 𝐴 P\to A that makes the diagram commute.