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sub-project

sub-proj·ect
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhb noun proj-ekt, -ikt]
    • /sʌb noun ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhb noun proj-ekt, -ikt]
    • /sʌb noun ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, -ɪkt/

Definitions of sub-project word

  • noun sub-project something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme. 1
  • noun sub-project a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment. 1
  • noun sub-project a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship. 1
  • noun sub-project Education. a supplementary, long-term educational assignment necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students. 1
  • noun sub-project Often, projects. housing project. 1
  • verb with object sub-project to propose, contemplate, or plan. 1

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Origin of sub-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 Sub-project

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sub-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".

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