Meaning & use
one-off project
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Meaning
nouncountable
A project that is done only once and not repeated or continued.
Grammar: Countable; use 'a one-off project' or 'one-off projects'.
Patterns
- a one-off project
- one-off projects
The mural was a one-off project for the community.
We treated the pop-up shop as a one-off project, not a permanent store.
Funding for one-off projects is limited this year.
Word forms
| plural | one-off projects |
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Common combinations
- a one-off project
- They described the festival as a one-off project.
- fund a one-off project
- The council agreed to fund a one-off project to clean the river.
- treat something as a one-off project
- She treated the repair as a one-off project and moved on.
Synonyms and how they differ
- one-time project
- More common in American English; it means the same thing but sounds slightly more neutral.
- standalone project
- Focuses on the project being separate, not necessarily happening only once.
Opposites
Commonly confused: one-off project or one-off?
one-off project vs one-off
As a noun, 'a one-off' means a single event or item; 'one-off project' uses it as an adjective before 'project'.
Practice
The company decided that the new website would be a ______ project, so they hired a temporary team.
Choose one answer.
'One-off' is the adjective that fits before 'project'. 'One-off project' would repeat the noun, and 'one-offs' is plural and does not fit after 'a'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “one-off project”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.