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prospect
[ pros-pekt ]
noun
- Usually prospects.
- an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc.
- the outlook for the future:
good business prospects.
- anticipation; expectation; a looking forward.
- something in view as a source of profit.
- a potential or likely customer, client, etc.
- a potential or likely candidate.
- a view, especially of scenery; scene.
- outlook or view over a region or in a particular direction.
- a mental view or survey, as of a subject or situation.
Synonyms: perspective
- Mining.
- an apparent indication of ore or native metal.
- a place giving such indications.
- a mine working or excavation undertaken in a search for additional ore.
- Archaic. sight; range of vision.
verb (used with object)
- to search or explore (a region), as for gold.
- to work (a mine or claim) experimentally in order to test its value.
- to make a careful survey of; examine or evaluate:
Another local firm uses the same telemarketer to prospect the northern Brisbane market.
verb (used without object)
- to search or explore a region for gold or the like.
- to make a search; look for something:
As a freelancer, you will be prospecting for clients.
prospect
noun
- sometimes plural a probability or chance for future success, esp as based on present work or aptitude
a good job with prospects
- a vision of the future; what is foreseen; expectation
she was excited at the prospect of living in London
unemployment presents a grim prospect
- a view or scene, esp one offering an extended outlook
- a prospective buyer, project, etc
- a survey or observation
- mining
- a known or likely deposit of ore
- the location of a deposit of ore
- a sample of ore for testing
- the yield of mineral obtained from a sample of ore
verb
- whenintr, often foll by for to explore (a region) for gold or other valuable minerals
- tr to work (a mine) to discover its profitability
- introften foll byfor to search (for)
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Derived Forms
- ˈprospectless, adjective
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Other Words From
- pros·pect·less adjective
- pros·pec·tor [pros, -pek-ter, pr, uh, -, spek, -ter], noun
- non·pros·pect noun
- un·der·pros·pect noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prospect1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prospect1
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Idioms and Phrases
- in prospect, under consideration; expected; in view:
He had no other alternative in prospect.
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Example Sentences
Then, German troops enlisted by the Brits (Hessians) began to attack at Battle Pass, located in Prospect Park.
He married Chirlane in a ceremony in Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
As a child of Tornado Alley myself, I endorse the sentiment in this American Prospect piece by Monica Potts.
She thanked him now over her cellphone as she stood in the Clean and Bright Laundromat on Prospect Avenue.
At The American Prospect, Abby Rapoport cites a new study as evidence it won't happen.
Prospect House turned out to be a detached villa standing in a garden, with a broad view of the Channel.
The remains of the American entrenchments on Prospect hill were demolished in 1817.
Prospect of wintering between the Luschnitz and the Sazawa there is now little; unless they will fight us, and be beaten.
The development of Prospect Park has been a matter of great pride and gratification to the city.
Major-General Putnam assembled his division, upon the heights of Prospect hill, to hear it.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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