Englishfor English speakers
project
Noun
—
A project is a complex job or assignment, often involving research or construction.
Shell is also working on projects to help find training and work experience for some of Brazil's 13 million street children.
The paper summarizes fifty research projects on the relationship between unemployment and crime.
She's a project manager with British construction company John Mowlem.
At college, I did this project on images of Black women in the media because it bothered me.
project
Verb
—
If you project, you plan for or estimate something in the future.
We have projected the loss of income forward for five years.
Projecting into the future, wondering what may or may not happen and being afraid of it, is a common danger.
—
If something projects out or beyond something else, it stands out.
During flight, the legs of this bird project beyond the tail.
—
If you project an image somewhere, you use light to make it appear there.
During the presentation, she projected various graphs on the screen behind her.
—
If you project an image, you try to give people a particular feeling about something.
The program will project a modern image of workers.
expense
Noun
—
An expense is something for which you spend money.
Food is a huge expense for many people around the world.
—
An expense is an amount of money that you spend.
If your income is less than your expenses, you have a serious problem.
The company paid all of his expenses when he was in Shanghai.
The building was repaired at great expense.
—
If you do mathx/math at the expense of mathy/math, mathx/math hurts mathy/math because it makes mathy/math have less money, less time, less social status, etc.
She often makes jokes at her own expense.
We have to decide whether safety at the expense of freedom is worth the cost.