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- [noun proj-ekt, -ikt; verb pruh-jekt]
- /noun ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt; verb prəˈdʒɛkt/
- /ˈprɒdʒekt/
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- [noun proj-ekt, -ikt; verb pruh-jekt]
- /noun ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt; verb prəˈdʒɛkt/
Definitions of project word
- noun project something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme. 1
- noun project a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment. 1
- noun project a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship. 1
- noun project Education. a supplementary, long-term educational assignment necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students. 1
- noun project Often, projects. housing project. 1
- verb with object project to propose, contemplate, or plan. 1
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Origin of project
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; (noun) Middle English project(e) design, plan < Medieval Latin prōjectum, Latin: projecting part, noun use of neuter of Latin prōjectus, past participle of prōicere to throw forward, extend, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -icere, combining form of jacere to throw; (v.) late Middle English project(e) (past participle) extended, projected < Latin prōjectus
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Parts of speech for Project
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
project popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
project usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for project
noun project
- activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
- affair — If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- big idea — any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
- biggie — People sometimes refer to something or someone successful, well-known, or big as a biggie.
verb project
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
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