different between project vs duty

English

Etymology

From Latin pr?iectus, perfect passive participle of pr?ici? (“throw forth, extend; expel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??d??kt/, (rare) /?p???d??kt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?p???d??kt/, /?p??d??kt/
• (General American) enPR: pr?j??kt', pr?j??kt IPA^(key): /?p??d???kt/, /?p??d???kt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?p??d??kt/, /?p?o?d??kt/
• Rhymes: -?d??kt, -?d??kt, -?d??kt, -o?d??kt
• Hyphenation: proj?ect

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: pr?-j?kt? IPA^(key): /p???d??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: pro?ject

Noun

project (plural projects)

1. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation

     projects of happiness devised by human reason

   • 1924, Clarence Budington Kelland, The Steadfast Heart/Chapter 22

     Rainbow, […] came forward enthusiastically to put its money into the project in sums which ran all the way from one share at ten dollars to ten shares

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.

2. (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
3. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.

4. (US, sports) a raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot diamond in the rough
   • 2014 Oct 27, Gabriele Marcotti, "Ancelotti triumphs, van Gaal's progress, Dortmund disappoint, more", ESPN FC:

     Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing.

   • 2018 Sep 2, Arnie Melendrez Stapleton, "Broncos cut ties with 2016 first-round pick QB Lynch", WNYT:

     Elway acknowledged at the time that Lynch was a project who needed some seasoning but he expressed hope that Lynch might be a quick study. He wasn't.

5. (obsolete) A projectile.
6. (obsolete) A projection.
7. (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.

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Hyponyms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (purojekuto)
• ? Korean: ???? (peurojekteu)

Translations

Verb

project (third-person singular simple present projects, present participle projecting, simple past and past participle projected)

1. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.

   Synonyms: extend, jut, protrude, stick out

2. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

   Synonyms: cast, throw
3. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

   Synonyms: extend, jut, jut out

4. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.

   Synonyms: forecast, foresee, foretell
5. (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
   • 1946, Dr. Ralph S. Banay, The Milwaukee Journal, Is Modern Woman a Failure:

     It is difficult to gauge the exact point at which women stop trying to fool men and really begin to deceive themselves, but an objective analyst cannot escape the conclusion (1) that partly from a natural device inherent in the species, women deliberately project upon actual or potential suitors an impression of themselves that is not an accurate picture of their total nature, and (2) that few women ever are privileged to see themselves as they really are.

6. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
7. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
8. (geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.

Translations

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “project”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pr?iectum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro??j?kt/
• Hyphenation: pro?ject
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

project n (plural projecten, diminutive projectje n)

1. project (planned endeavor)

Derived terms

• bouwproject
• kunstproject
• projectonderwijs
• projectontwikkelaar

Related terms

• projecteren
• projectie
• projector

Descendants

• Afrikaans: projek
• ? Indonesian: proyek

English

Etymology

From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe) + Middle English -te, (borrowed from Old French -te from Latin -t?tem, accusative masculine singular of -t?s). Akin to due + -ty (Alternative form of -ity).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?dju?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /du?ti/
• Rhymes: -u?ti
• Homophone: doody (for some speakers)

Noun

duty (countable and uncountable, plural duties)

1. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
   • 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson

     England expects that every man will do his duty.

   • Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
2. The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.

3. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

   customs duty; excise duty

4. (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XX:

     Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye.

5. (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
6. The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "duty": public, private, moral, legal, social, double, civic, contractual, political, judicial, etc.

Synonyms

• (that which one is obligated to do): obligation

Antonyms

• duty-free (taxes)
• (that which one is obligated to do): right

Derived terms

Related terms

• due

Translations

Further reading

• duty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• duty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• duty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dut?]

Participle

duty

1. past passive participle of du?

Declension