Work and business / B1

PROJ-ekt/ˈprɒdʒekt/

A project is a planned piece of work with a goal: a school project, a building project, work on a project. A task is one job; a plan can stay on paper; a scheme in British English can be an official programme. Project as a verb (stress on the second syllable) means estimate or show a film. Projector is the machine.

Meaning

A piece of planned work with a goal.

Examples

• “Our project is a class magazine.”
• “Our group project is due on Friday.”
• “The city has several housing projects this year.”

Good to know

work on / complete a project. Smaller piece: task. UK official plan: scheme. Verb stress: proJECT.

Near in meaning

scheme

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