Project Definition–noun | 1. | something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme. | | 2. | a large or major undertaking, esp. one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment. | | 3. | a specific task of investigation, esp. in scholarship. | | 4. | Education. a supplementary, long-term educational assignment necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students. | –verb (used with object) project | 6. | to propose, contemplate, or plan. | | 7. | to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward. | | 8. | to set forth or calculate (some future thing): They projected the building costs for the next five years. | | 9. | to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light or a shadow. | | 10. | to cause (a figure or image) to appear, as on a background. | | 11. | to regard (something within the mind, as a feeling, thought, or attitude) as having some form of reality outside the mind: He projected a thrilling picture of the party's future. | | 12. | to cause to jut out or protrude. | | 13. | Geometry. | a. | to throw forward an image of (a figure or the like) by straight lines or rays, either parallel, converging, or diverging, that pass through all its points and reproduce it on another surface or figure. | | b. | to transform the points (of one figure) into those of another by a correspondence between points. | | | 14. | to present (an idea, program, etc.) for consideration or action: They made every effort to project the notion of world peace. | | 15. | to use (one's voice, gestures, etc.) forcefully enough to be perceived at a distance, as by all members of the audience in a theater. | | 16. | to communicate clearly and forcefully (one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.) to an audience, as in a theatrical performance; produce a compelling image of. | | 17. | to cause (the voice) to appear to come from a source other than oneself, as in ventriloquism; throw. | –verb (used without object) project | 18. | to extend or protrude beyond something else. | | 19. | to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater. | | 20. | to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc., in an audience; communicate clearly and
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Management Definition–noun | 1. | the act or manner of managing; handl
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ing, direction, or control. | | 2. | skill in managing; executive ability: great management and tact. | | 3. | the person or persons controlling and directing the affairs of a business, institution, etc.: The store is under new management. | | 4. | executives collectively, considered as a class (distinguished from labor ). | |
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Job Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of
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one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn. | | 2. | a post of employment; full-time or part-time position: She was seeking a job as an editor. | | 3. | anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility: It is your job to be on time. | | 4. | an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs: to make the best of a bad job. | | 5. | the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon: The housing project was a long and costly job. | | 6. | the process or requirements, details, etc., of working: It was a tedious job. | | 7. | the execution or performance of a task: She did a good job. | | 8. | Slang. a theft or similar criminal action: The police caught the gang that pulled that bank job. | | 9. | a public or official act or decision carried through for the sake of improper private gain. | | 10. | Slang. an example of a specific or distinctive type: That little six-cylinder job was the best car I ever owned. | | 11. | Computers. a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece. | | 13. | to do business as a jobber. | | 14. | to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often fol. by out): He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. | | 16. | to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities: He jobs shoes in Ohio and Indiana. | | 17. | to get rid of or dispose of: His party jobbed him when he sought a second term in office. | | 18. | to swindle or trick (someone): They jobbed him out of his property. | | 19. | to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain. | –adjective | 20. | of or for a particular job or transaction. | | 21. | bought, sold, or handled together: He's too big a customer to buy in less than job quantities. | —Idioms | 22. | do a job on, Slang. | a. | to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: The thugs did a job on him—he'll be in the hospital for a month. | | b. | to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow. | | | 23. | on the job, alert; observant: The cops were on the job and caught them red-handed. | |
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