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- noun, verb
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noun |
| pronunciation: |
pra
jekt
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| definition 1: |
A project is something you do that takes a lot of effort and planning.
My mom says her next project is to paint the kitchen.Building a new stadium will a big project for the city.- synonyms:
- work
- similar words:
- activity, assignment, campaign, job, operation, task
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| definition 2: |
A housing project is a large group of apartment buildings or other homes that have been built with money from the government. The rent that people pay to live there is low compared with other places.
My grandparents are moving into a housing project for older people.- similar words:
- development
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| related words: |
intention |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
pr
jekt
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| inflections: |
projects, projecting, projected |
| definition 1: |
When you project something, you throw it out so that other people can see it or hear it.
Lena's acting coach taught her how to project her voice so that the audience can hear it.Tom projects an image of being very confident, but actually he is not very confident at all.- similar words:
- cast, send, throw, transmit
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| definition 2: |
When you project the cost of building a new house, it means that you make a good guess about how much it will cost.
When the mechanic told my mother about the repairs he could do on her car, she asked him to project the cost.- synonyms:
- estimate
- similar words:
- draft, forecast, outline, predict
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| definition 3: |
When an image is projected onto a screen or other surface, it means the image is made to appear on a screen. If you project light onto a stage, you send the light toward the stage.
At a movie theater, there is a machine that projects film images of the movie onto a large screen so that everyone can see it.- synonyms:
- screen
- similar words:
- flash, show
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When a porch projects from a house, it means that the porch sticks out from the house.
The balcony of the house projects from the second floor.- similar words:
- bulge, stick
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| related words: |
poke, propel, screen, think |
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