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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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