Engineering Project Management Vocabulary

verb to prolong or extend in time or space

• The negotiations have been protracted due to the complexity of the issues involved.
• The project is taking longer than expected to finish because it's being protracted.
• The meeting got protracted because everyone kept going off on tangents.
• Her sadness seemed to protract indefinitely, lingering long after the initial event.

noun a word that functions as the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to indicate definiteness or indefiniteness of a noun

• The new highway project is currently under construction.
• Sorry, the website is still under construction.
• The new skate park is still a work in progress.
• Her career plans are still under construction, but she's making progress.