prospect
IPA: prˈɑspɛkt
noun
- The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
- A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
- A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
- Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
- The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
- The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
- A hope; a hopeful.
- (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
- (sales) A potential client or customer.
- (music) The façade of an organ.
- A census-designated place in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
- An inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
- The City of Prospect, a local government area in Adelaide which includes the suburb.
verb
- (intransitive) To search, as for gold.
- (geology, mining) To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
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Examples of "prospect" in Sentences
- He can guess the prospect of the country.
- The king is joyful at the prospect of a child.
- The prospect of another winter is not so good.
- The officers faced the prospect of roasting to death.
- It exists to expand the horizons of prospective students.
- The prospect is delightful, and the house was magnificent.
- But the prospects in the short term are distinctly guarded.
- Jerry Preston was the prospective investor into the school.
- Terrified at the prospect of loosing the kettle in a chasm.
- The inclination is to consider the implementation of this model prospectively.