projectnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/us/ˈprɑː.dʒekt/B2 a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular purpose:
A2 a study of a particular subject done over a period of time, especially by students:
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- The government has given the go-ahead for a multi-billion-pound road-building project.
- The cost of the project has increased dramatically since it began.
- A large portion of the company's profit goes straight back into new projects.
- Has she had any experience of managing large projects?
- I want to thank you all for the time and energy you have put into this project, and for your part in making it such a success.
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Plans and arrangements
- appointed
- arrangement
- blueprint
- bottom-up
- campaign
- card
- formulate
- game plan
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- intention
- itinerary
- lock
- package deal
- party line
- planning
- policy-making
- preparation
- programme
- road map
- specification
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projectverb
uk/prəˈdʒekt/us/prəˈdʒekt/project verb (CALCULATE)
[ T usually passive ] to calculate an amount or number expected in the future from information already known:
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- compute
- equate
- figure
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- operation
- projected
- put sth at sth
- result
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project verb (THROW)
[ T ] to throw or direct something forwards, with force:
to sing or speak loudly and clearly:
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Throwing
- cast
- chuck
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- overhand
- peg
- pelt
- pitch
- precipitate
- projectile
- sling
- slung
- stone
- throw
- throw-in
- thrown
- toss
- underarm
- underhand
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project verb (MAKE AN IMAGE)
[ T ] to cause a film, image, or light to appear on a screen or other surface:
[ T ] specialized psychology to wrongly imagine that someone else is feeling a particular emotion or desire when in fact it is you who feels this way:
[ T ] If you project a particular quality, that quality is what most people notice about you:
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- exposure
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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project verb (STICK OUT)
[ I + adv/prep ] to stick out over an edge or from a surface:
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Protruding and sticking out
- bristle
- bulbous
- bulge
- jut
- ledge
- male
- outcrop
- overhang
- peek
- poke
- projection
- protrude
- protrusion
- protuberance
- protuberant
- proud
- stick
- stick (sth) out
- stick out
- stick up