Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Likely or expected to happen.
- adj. Likely to become or be: prospective clients.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Suitable for viewing at a distance; perspective.
- Looking forward in time; characterized by foresight; of things, having reference to the future.
- Being in prospect or expectation; looked forward to; expected: as, prospective advantages; a prospective appointment.
- n. Outlook; prospect; view.
- n. The future scene of action.
- n. A perspective glass; a telescope.
- n. A lookout; a watch.
- n. In heraldry, perspective: as, a pavement paly barry in prospective.
Wiktionary
- adj. Likely or expected to happen or become.
- adj. Anticipated in the near or far future.
- n. obsolete The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- n. obsolete A perspective glass.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
- adj. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to
retrospective . - adj. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected.
- n. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- n. obsolete A perspective glass.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or concerned with or related to the future
Examples
“They worry that paying donors will discourage altruistic people from signing up, possibly leading to an overall decline in prospective donors.”
“The series will consist of interviews with environmental thought leaders exploring environmental threats and potential solutions from a long-term prospective; we'll ask, What will the world look like in 2050 if we continue on our current path?”
“But the commute should be a bigger factor in prospective employment and in choosing where to live than it is.”
“But a copy of the 123-page document obtained by The Wall Street Journal emphasizes the importance of giving certain prospective co-pilots flight-time "credits" for academic and other relevant experience.”
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“In blind faith, you call the prospective doctors office and schedule the first appointment you can get.”
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“To put it in prospective … for goofing around or if I'm going to shoot in a situation where I wouldn't want to risk my DSLR's I have a Fuji S602Z.”
“The next day I called his prospective school and talked to the principal.”
“With a long term prospective of even greater disillusionment.”
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“By sitting with the mouth open, and by waggling the lure, they … err .. lure in prospective prey.”
“That credibility is what they offer when they call prospective donors.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘prospective’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
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abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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verbs Adj Adv noun
indulge, convene, solve, dissolve, prospect, prospective, allege, resolve, accountable, administration, amid, agenda and 407 more...
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ADW2
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Predictionary
EXPECTED vs. SURPRISE
aberration, exception, spontaneous, synchronicity, startle, waylay, prophecy, zemblanity, inadvertent, atavism, sui generis, anomaly and 127 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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avenue, viscous, zeroth, usher, scarcely, viability, snout, sole, purify, riotous, menace, moist and 364 more...
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velociped's Words
loquacious, rove, curmudgeon, introvert, skinflint, hypocrite, bombastic, hubris, retrospect, circumspect, prospective, specious and 45 more...
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Vocab Lesson 18
acclaim, bigot, covet, deceased, formidable, ghetto, momentous, oppress, overwhelm, perceive, premiere, prospective and 3 more...
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