PROJECT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of project in English projectnoun [ C ] uk /ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/ us /ˈprɑː.dʒekt/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular purpose: the Kings Cross housing project a scientific research project Her latest project is a film based on the life of a 19th-century music hall star. My next project is decorating the kitchen. A2 a study of a particular subject done over a period of time, especially by students: He's doing a class project on pollution. In our third year at college everyone had to do a special project.

• 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.

Plans and arrangements

• accommodation
• appointed
• arrangement
• arranger
• backstop
• blueprint
• counter-tactic
• design
• done
• exit strategy
• formulation
• master plan
• non-programme
• package deal
• party line
• plan of action
• planning
• policy
• preparation
• walk-in

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Classes & courses 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: [ + to infinitive ] Government spending is projected to rise by three percent next year. Calculations & calculating

• aggregative
• aggregatively
• algebraic
• algebraically
• algo
• equation
• integration
• interpolation
• inverse function
• linear equation
• mathematical
• operator
• sum
• sum total
• tally
• tally (something) up phrasal verb
• tolerance
• tot
• tot something up phrasal verb
• tot up to something phrasal verb

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project verb (THROW)

[ T ] to throw or direct something forwards, with force: 90 percent of the projected missiles will hit their target.  project your voice to sing or speak loudly and clearly: It's a big theatre so you really have to project your voice if you're going to be heard at the back. See more Throwing

• arm
• cannon
• cast
• chuck
• fling
• heave
• hurl
• moonshot
• outpitch
• overarm
• overhand
• overthrow
• peg
• pitch
• precipitate
• sidearm
• sling
• throw
• throw something in phrasal verb
• unseat

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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: Laser images were projected onto a screen. [ T ]   psychology   specialized to wrongly imagine that someone else is feeling a particular emotion or desire when in fact it is you who feels this way: I suspect he's projecting his fears onto you. [ T ] If you project a particular quality, that quality is what most people notice about you: Recently the president has sought to project a much tougher image. Photography

• aerial photograph
• airbrush
• aperture
• backlight
• backlighting
• come out phrasal verb
• foreground
• ghosting
• glass negative
• golden hour
• grainy
• halation
• mount
• photography
• photojournalism
• photojournalist
• photoshoot
• pic
• sepia
• zoom lens

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Cinema - general words Empathy and sensitivity Showing and demonstrating

project verb (STICK OUT)

[ I + adv/prep ] to stick out over an edge or from a surface: The hotel dining room projects out over the water. Protruding and sticking out

• beetling
• bristle
• bristly
• bug out phrasal verb
• bulbous
• bulge
• jut out
• jutting
• ledge
• lug
• outcrop
• overhang
• peek
• projection
• protrusible
• protrusion
• protrusive
• protuberant
• proud
• toe

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project | American Dictionary

projectnoun us /ˈprɑdʒ·ekt, -ɪkt/

project noun (PIECE OF WORK)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] a piece of planned work or activity that is completed over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular aim: a research project construction projects Painting the bedroom is Steve’s next project.

project noun (BUILDING)

[ C usually pl ] a housing project

Idiom

project an image projectverb us /prəˈdʒekt/

project verb (CALCULATE)

[ T ] to calculate an amount or result expected in the future from information already known: The hotels are projecting big profits. [ + (that) clause ] They project (that) 31 billion people will watch the World Cup.

project verb (STICK OUT)

[ I ] to stick out beyond the edge of something: The hotel dining room projects (out) over the water.

project verb (MAKE AN IMAGE)

[ T ] to cause a picture or light to appear on a surface: We don’t have a screen but we can project the slides onto the back wall.

project verb (THROW)

[ T ] to throw something forward or into the air: The device allows you to scoop up a ball and project it some 140 feet. [ T ] To project is also to speak or sing loudly and clearly: Singers are used to projecting their voices.

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project an image (Definition of project from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

project | Business English

projectnoun [ C ] uk /ˈprɒdʒekt/ us Add to word list Add to word list a piece of planned work or an activity which is done over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular purpose: The date for starting the project will be set once financing is completed.set up/launch a project They set up the research project with help from the university.fund/pay for/finance a project Two local businesses funded the project. manage/run a project complete/finish a project a joint/large/major project a building/construction/development project

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capital project greenfield project projectverb [ T ] uk /prəʊˈdʒekt/ us ECONOMICS, FINANCE to calculate an amount or number expected in the future from information already known: The amount was less than we had projected. The state is projecting a $275 million shortfall for the rest of the fiscal year.be projected (to do sth) Growth rate is projected for five years. The deficit is projected to rise to $17 million next year. The project controller said the highway was currently seeing between 20,000 and 24,000 vehicles a day, fewer than the 26,000 originally projected. The review projects that gas could end up accounting for more than 50% of generating supply by 2020. to plan for something to happen or expect something to happen: be projected to do sth The work is projected to start in November. to make other people see or feel a particular quality or idea in the way you behave: The candidate projects supreme confidence in his own views and abilities. He was told that arriving in his Rolls-Royce might project the wrong image . COMMUNICATIONS to cause an image to appear on a screen or surface using a projector: project sth on/onto sth The digital video will be projected on a huge I-MAX screen. (Definition of project from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of project

project At 25 minutes' duration and requiring 25 players, it is one of the most substantial works ever to come out of the project. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is based on a one-year qualitative research project, which seeks to explore the experiences of social dance for older dancers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Some made a forced return from leave, expressing a sense of urgency uncharacteristic of ordinary project life. From the Cambridge English Corpus For each of these three secular philosophical positions, the project of a history of science revealed a basic paradox. From the Cambridge English Corpus In his visits to and walks around allotments, public housing projects and wasteland, he took photographs, drew maps and interviewed inhabitants or users of space. From the Cambridge English Corpus Economic returns from these projects may provide a strong incentive for such countries to participate. From the Cambridge English Corpus The work reported in this paper represents the first part of a two part research project. From the Cambridge English Corpus This article reports on the first and second parts of the project only. From the Cambridge English Corpus Within the uncertain category, projects could then be ranked by level of uncertainty. From the Cambridge English Corpus While it does not necessarily shatter all of our illusions, it surely remains an insurmountable obstacle for any project of self-created human happiness. From the Cambridge English Corpus Despite these lengthy procedures, there is no in-depth check of the technical aspects of the project. From the Cambridge English Corpus They are also told to be very careful in defining the project/policy which is the subject of their analysis. From the Cambridge English Corpus Indigenous political resistance teaches us how to rethink politics for the twenty-first century, and social anthropology has a role to play in this project. From the Cambridge English Corpus After it was disbanded, he took the lead in a number of other projects together with some of the other board members. From the Cambridge English Corpus Then we obtain a facet-defining inequality of the projected polyhedron. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with project

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advanced projectIt is not a question of "as soon as possible" in a complicated development programme concerning such an advanced project. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   agricultural projectWe do not believe that those things are the result of some agricultural project; nor do we regard them as having some innocent explanation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   ambitious projectHowever, as in any ambitious project, it does leave some issues unexplored. From the Cambridge English Corpus   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with project What is the pronunciation of project?

Translations of project

in Chinese (Traditional) 方案, 工程, 專案計劃… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 项目, 方案, 工程… See more in Spanish proyecto, trabajo, extrapolar… See more in Portuguese projeto, projetar, projetar(-se)… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian प्रकल्प, एखादे काम- जे विहित वेळेत संपून त्याने विशिष्ट उद्देशपूर्ती होणे अपेक्षित असते., विद्यार्थ्यांकडून केला जाणारा ठराविक कालावधीतील विशिष्ट विषयाचा अभ्यास… See more 研究課題, プロジェクト, 計画… See more proje, tasarı, okul projesi… See more projet [masculine], dossier [masculine], prévoir… See more treball, projecte… See more project, onderzoeksproject, lanceren… See more திட்டமிடப்பட்ட வேலை அல்லது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலப்பகுதியில் முடிக்கப்பட்டு ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட நோக்கத்தை அடைய நோக்கம் கொண்ட ஒரு செயல்பாடு, ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட பாடத்தின் ஆய்வினை ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலப்பகுதியில் செய்யப்படுகிறது, குறிப்பாக மாணவர்களால்… See more परियोजना, प्रोजैक्ट, प्रोजेक्ट… See more પ્રોજેક્ટ, પરિયોજના, ચોક્કસ વિષયનો અભ્યાસ સામાન્ય રીતે વિદ્યાર્થીઓ દ્વારા કરવામાં આવે છે… See more projekt, -projekt, opgave… See more projekt, [special]arbete, slunga (skjuta) i väg… See more projek, melancarkan, menonjol… See more der Plan, das Projekt, schleudern… See more varsle, stikke ut, vise… See more پروجیکٹ, منصوبہ, پروجیکٹ (مقررہ وقت میں کسی خاص موضوع ، خاص طور پر طلباء کے ذریعہ)… See more проект, план, робота… See more ప్రాజెక్టు, ఒక ప్రత్యేక ప్రయోజనం సాధించడానికి ఒక ప్రణాళిక చేసిన పని లేదా క్రియ ఏదైతే ఒక సమయంలో పూర్తి అవుతుందో, కొద్ది కాలం వరకు ఒక విషయం మీద పరిశోదన చేయడం… See more প্রকল্প, নির্দিষ্ট সময়ের একটি নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়ের অধ্যয়ন… See more projekt, studie, výzkumný úkol… See more proyek, penelitian, meluncurkan… See more แผนงาน, โครงการวิจัย, เหวี่ยงออก… See more dự án, đồ án, phóng… See more projekt, przedsięwzięcie, zamierzenie… See more 프로젝트, (특정한 목적으로) 계획된 일… See more ricerca scolastica, progetto, ricerca… See more Need a translator?

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  • Verb 
    • project (CALCULATE)
    • project (THROW)
    • project your voice
    • project (MAKE AN IMAGE)
    • project (STICK OUT)
• American   
  • Noun 
    • project (PIECE OF WORK)
    • project (BUILDING)
  • Verb 
    • project (CALCULATE)
    • project (STICK OUT)
    • project (MAKE AN IMAGE)
    • project (THROW)
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