Prospect
['prɒspekt] or ['prɑspɛkt]
Definition
(noun.) the possibility of future success; 'his prospects as a writer are excellent'.
(verb.) explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals.
(verb.) search for something desirable; 'prospect a job'.
Edited by Bradley--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
(v.) Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
(v.) A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
(v.) Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
(v.) The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state.
(v.) That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success.
(v. t.) To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.
(v. i.) To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.
Typed by Floyd
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. View, survey, display, sight, scene, show, spectacle, vista, perspective.[2]. Landscape, scenery, picture, bird's-eye view.[3]. Expectation, anticipation, contemplation, calculation, expectance, foreseeing, promise, presumption, hope, trust, ABEYANCE.
Inputed by Dustin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:View, vision, field, landscape, hope, anticipation, probability
ANT:Viewlessness, dimness, obscurity, darkness, cloud, veiling, occultation,hopelessness, improbability
Checked by Jerome
Definition
n. a looking forward: that which the eye takes in at once: a view: object of view: a scene: expectation: a long straight wide street: outlook exposure.—v.i. Prospect′ to make a search esp. for chances of mining for precious metals.—ns. Prospec′ter -or one who explores for valuable minerals; Prospec′ting searching a district for gold or silver mines with a view to further operations; Prospec′tion the act of looking forward or of providing for future wants.—adj. Prospec′tive looking forward: expected: acting with foresight: relating to the future: distant.—n. outlook: prospect.—adv. Prospec′tively.—ns. Prospec′tiveness; Prospec′tus the outline of any plan submitted for public approval particularly of a literary work or of a joint-stock concern.
Checker: Prudence
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An outlook usually forbidding. An expectation usually forbidden.
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Examples
- As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I don't disguise from myself, or from you, I went on, that the prospect before us is more than doubtful. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I really see no prospect of throwing any light whatever on this extraordinary affair. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At length, I got up whenever I saw him coming, and standing on the foot-board, pretended to look at the prospect; after which I did very well. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I was left helpless, with the prospect of a coming incumbrance in the shape of a child. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sir John Herschel, in an address before the British Association on September 10, said that the year past had given prospect of a new planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Still, to get to Egypt, was something, in the eyes of the unfortunate colonists, hopeless as the prospect seemed of ever getting further. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The marriages of either were discussed; and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest frankness and interest on both sides. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This done, I wrote to Marian, to tell her that I was safe and well, and that I had fair prospects of success. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Many that want food and clothing have cheerier lives and brighter prospects than she had; many, harassed by poverty, are in a strait less afflictive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- On my being settled at Doctor Strong's I wrote to her again, detailing my happy condition and prospects. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I was a happy and successful man, Mr. Holmes, and on the eve of being married, when a sudden and dreadful misfortune wrecked all my prospects in life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I do admire them--as bright prospects. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He does this strange prospecting with an amount of gravity that can never be estimated or appreciated by a man who has not seen the operation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The next I heard of Frank was that he was in Montana, and then he went prospecting in Arizona, and then I heard of him from New Mexico. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Lilian