projet
Americannoun
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projets
plural
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a project.
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a draft of a proposed treaty or other instrument.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of projet
1800–10; < French < Latin prōjectum. See project
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Paris has launched a multibillion expansion projet of its metro network : over 150km of driverless deep bore subway tunnels are planned for the next decade.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
Tout à toi, Freddie Dear Freddie, I am delighted you have entered so fully into the spirit of my grand projet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013
At a time not many days prior to Mr. Lincoln's death, Secretary Stanton prepared an order which contained a projet for the government of the States that had been in rebellion.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 by George S. Boutwell
Gros showed me a projet de note when I called on him some days ago.
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by Eighth Earl of Elgin James
The regular proposal of Leopold did not arrive here till January 1, and was communicated to the King with the projet of a protocol, for it was no more, on the 9th.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
In 2006 Sir Rod Eddington, an Australian businessman, published a government-backed review of Britain’s infrastructure provision, warning against grands projets for having cost-benefit ratios that are often worse than other less-exciting transport projects.
From Economist ● Mar. 3, 2016
Such transgressions were forgiven as one-offs in the construction of grands projets.
From Economist ● Mar. 12, 2015
He was the man responsible for the ambitious building program of the grands projets and other remarkable achievements.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the twelvemonth that followed several projets were brought forward, and there was desultory discussion, but no progress.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
They were taken when "des projets," as the heading calls them, were being discussed.
From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
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