- nounprospect (noun) · prospects (plural noun)
- the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring:"there was no prospect of a reconciliation" · "training that offered a prospect of continuous employment"
- a mental picture of a future or anticipated event:"moving to a new home a long distance away can be a worrying prospect"
- (prospects)chances or opportunities for success or wealth:"the poor prospects for the steel industry"
- a person regarded as likely to succeed or as a potential customer, client, etc.:"clients deemed likely prospects for active party membership" · "a great young pitching prospect"
- a place likely to yield mineral deposits:"additional exploration prospects have been identified in this area"
- an extensive view of landscape:"a viewpoint commanding a magnificent prospect of the estuary"
verbprospect (verb) · prospects (third person present) · prospected (past tense) · prospected (past participle) · prospecting (present participle)- search for mineral deposits in a place, especially by means of experimental drilling and excavation:"the company is also prospecting for gold"
- (prospect for)look out for; search for:"the responsibilities of salespeople to prospect for customers"
Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting the action of looking towards a distant object): from Latin prospectus ‘view’, from prospicere ‘look forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + specere ‘to look’. Early use, referring to a view of landscape, gave rise to the meaning ‘mental picture’ (mid 16th century), whence ‘anticipated event’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring:
- a mental picture of a future or anticipated event:
- chances or opportunities for success or wealth:
- a person regarded as likely to succeed or as a potential customer, client, etc.:
- an extensive view of landscape:
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