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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocabulary q no. 2 - endeavor/undertaking/project/venture

Dear All,

Please don't think of me as pain in the neck Emotion: wink but I have yet another question about vocab... When I use my thesaurus all these words are listed as synonyms:
  1. endavor
  2. undertaking
  3. project
  4. venture
Thus, I'd like to ask you, if there's any real difference between them. Let's just focus on one sentece, shall we?

His company has been very successful in recent years and has accomplished/finished many construction endeavors/projects/undertakings/ventures.

In my humble opinion... there's hardly any difference...
  

Top answer

Only 'project' collocates at all highly there: His company has been very successful in recent years and has accomplished/finished many construction projects .

— Mister Micawber

  • Only 'project' collocates at all highly there: His company has been very successful in recent years and has accomplished/finished many construction projects .
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Only 'project' collocates at all highly there:

His company has been very successful in recent years and has accomplished/finished many construction projects.
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I see. Thank you. Hmm... How about these collocations? I think they are OK.

1. A business endeavor
2. A business venture
3. A business undertaking
4. A construction engineering venture
5. A construction engineering endeavor
6. A construction engineering undertaking

No need to explain anything, just give me thumbs up or down. Appreciate it!
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Perfect Stranger1. A business endeavor2. A business venture3. A business undertaking
Those sound common & natural to me.
Perfect Stranger4. A construction engineering venture5. A construction engineering endeavor6. A construction engineering undertaking
Those do not.

PS: I do not use emoticons.
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Mister MicawberPS: I do not use emoticons.
Oh, I see.

Thanks MM.

Ach... I'm having a hard time finding a good substitute for construction engineering project
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Perfect StrangerI'm having a hard time finding a good substitute for construction engineering project
Then use what I gave you. You don't need all those words: use 'construction project' or 'engineering project'.
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