Meaning & use
large-scale project
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
A project that involves a lot of people, money, equipment, or time, often covering a wide area.
Grammar: Used as a noun phrase. The adjective 'large-scale' comes before the noun 'project'.
Patterns
- a large-scale project
- work on a large-scale project
- undertake a large-scale project
Building the new airport was a large-scale project that took ten years.
The government is funding a large-scale project to improve rural roads.
Managing a large-scale project requires careful planning and a big team.
Common combinations
- undertake a large-scale project
- The city decided to undertake a large-scale project to modernize the water system.
- a large-scale project manager
- She works as a large-scale project manager for a construction firm.
- a large-scale project budget
- The large-scale project budget was approved by the board.
- complete a large-scale project
- They completed the large-scale project ahead of schedule.
Synonyms and how they differ
- major project
- A major project is important and big, but 'large-scale' emphasizes size and extent more than importance.
- big project
- More informal and less precise; 'large-scale' suggests a formal, wide-ranging effort.
Opposites
Word family
- large-scale adjective
- Involving many people or a wide area.
- scale noun
- The size or extent of something.
Commonly confused: large-scale project or large scale?
large-scale project vs large scale
This is the same idea but used without a hyphen, often after a verb: 'The operation was on a large scale.' Before a noun, use the hyphenated form 'large-scale'.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose one answer.
When 'large-scale' comes before a noun, it should be hyphenated. Option 1 is correct. Option 2 misses the hyphen, option 3 uses a wrong form, and option 4 is not grammatical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “large-scale project”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.