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project

 
 
/ˈprɒdʒekt/ noun [C]

Definition

WORK a carefully planned piece of work that has a particular purpose: a research project The new building project will cost $45 million. My next project will be to paint the bedrooms.
SCHOOL WORK a piece of school work that involves detailed study of a subject: We're doing a class project on the environment.
(Definition of project noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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