big project
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2.1
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gran proyecto
- We are currently working on a big project that will take several months to complete.
So that became my next big project of unraveling this mystery, right?
- So that became my next big project of unraveling this mystery, right?
- You stop believing in big projects that would require you to schedule stuff out.
- But like those big projects don't seem to have an an obvious value.
- And so the next big project that came along was the Whitey Bulger film.
- And what could be a bigger project than complete global domination?
- I recently did a really big project with my creative partner, Mel Ho What what?
- So a big project on how do we solve the world's problems differently.
- How you doing what you've been up to working on any big projects?
- He's doing, he's doing a job, he's doing a big project.
- That helps the economics a lot also of these big projects.
- Scream Queens was my first show that I did a reality show, like my big project.
Examples
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We're in the middle of a big project right now.
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>> Well, we like how you think outside the box, but since this is your first big project, let me give you a little advice.
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And this is, this was a big, big project that is still growing after many years.
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I have this big project at the museum.
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I have a big project for you.
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I left his research team in the middle of a big project.
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So I started with a big project to design our house and garden.
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I just walked away from a big project at work.
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We've never done such a big project.
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We're on a big project this month, automating the inventory records.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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4.9
A project that is difficult and needs a lot of work
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5.2
A very large, complex plan to build things like a dam or rail line that needs much money and time
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5.9
A very large and difficult job that needs a lot of time and effort
A very large, difficult project that needs a lot of time and many people
How Ambitious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'big' (large/important) with 'project' (a planned piece of work): together they denote a significant or ambitious task. This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Big project makes you imagine building a large bridge with many workers, plans, and long hours. Because big means large and project means a planned piece of work, the phrase now means 'an important or difficult task that takes a lot of time and effort'.