pet
- adjective
- /pɛt/
- And so I've, I've sort of started a little pet project just on Instagram called Daniella's Digest.
It's a porky, partisan, pricey pet project package.
- It's a porky, partisan, pricey pet project package.
- Yeah, so this is one of my sort of pet issues.
- I think that activists that attach themselves to the latest pet project.
- And so I've, I've sort of started a little pet project just on Instagram called Daniella's Digest.
- And so you can bring up a, a, a data point that's going to make my, my, my, my pet theory look a little bit sketchy.
- As a virtual reality game developer that I am on, this is has become my new pet project.
Examples
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Yeah, so this is one of my sort of pet issues.
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An increase in the corporate tax is going to lower efficient investment and leave pet project investment unaffected.
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As a virtual reality game developer that I am on, this is has become my new pet project.
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One of my most, I suppose pet subjects in a way is sodium ion batteries.
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This charity initiative is really a pet project of mine; I dedicate all my free time to it.
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In our meeting, she emphasized her pet topic: environmental sustainability.
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He has a few pet theories about the origins of the universe that he loves to discuss.
Synonyms
Liked more than other people or things
Liked or chosen more than others
Liked more than other things of the same kind
A person who gets better treatment and more benefits than others
Compounds
An animal from another country that people keep in their home for company, like a snake or parrot
- Specialized
Machine that makes pictures showing activity in the body to find cancer
How Favored
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective pet, as in the phrase 'pet project', comes from the noun meaning 'favourite'. So a pet project is one you love most and give special attention to.