Prospective

//pɹəˈspɛktɪv// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Likely or expected to happen or become. not-comparable

    "Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted."

  2. 2
    Anticipated in the near or far future. not-comparable

    "A short distance above I-ch’ang is the prospective site of a hydroelectric dam that has vast promise for the industrialization of central China."

  3. 3
    Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect. not-comparable

    "And in times long and dark Proſpective Glaſs / Fore-ſaw what future dayes ſhould bring to paſs,"

  4. 4
    Looking forward in time; acting with foresight. not-comparable

    "1668-1690, Josiah Child, A new discourse of trade The French king, and the king of Sweden are […] circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair."

  5. 5
    Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future not-comparable
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  1. 6
    Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin. not-comparable

    "What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or concerned with or related to the future wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. obsolete

    "the whole Scene of affairs was changed from Spain to France there now lay the prospective"

  2. 2
    A perspective glass. obsolete

    "[T]hey [two pavillions] were trimmed on the inside with rich armour and military furniture, hanged up as upon the walls; and behind the tents there were represented, in prospective, the tops of divers other tents, as if it had been a camp."

  3. 3
    A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc. informal, often, plural

    "Would you like to show the prospective around?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus. See more at English prospect.

Etymology 2

From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus. See more at English prospect.

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