prospect
noun
Usually prospects
will prospect
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future tenseof prospect.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Astrobotic even won a $199.5-million contract to deliver a large rover called VIPER, a major science mission that will prospect for water at the south pole in 2023.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 2, 2022
"The Professor and I will prospect the place, while you two had better remain here until our return," said the Doctor.
From Doctor Jones' Picnic by Chapman, S. E. (Samuel E.)
"Stay, stay, fair sir," adjured Jim, "we will prospect in this canyon for gold and precious gems, the latter of which you can take home to the dukes and other members of the Royal Family."
From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn
To-morrow," he said, "I will prospect, and I think I'll borrow Mrs. Haggerty's boy, Dan, to hunt for a tailor in that building.
From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard
There is one thing about it: the mine is fully five miles from anybody's place, and in all that region you won't find a man who will prospect anywhere near you.
From The Haunted Mine by Castlemon, Harry
