prospect

1 the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"

2 belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: expectation, outlook]

3 someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) [syn: candidate]

4 the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, scene, vista, panorama]

5 a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis, medical prognosis]

1 search for something desirable; "prospect a job"

2 explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

English

Etymology

prospectus, past participle of prospicere, to look forward, from pro, before, forward + specere, spicere, to look, to see

Pronunciation

• (noun):
  • (RP): /ˈprɒspɛkt/, /"prQspEkt/
  • (US): präsʹpĕkt, /ˈprɑːspɛkt/, /"prA:spEkt/
• (verb): prə-spĕktʹ, /prəˈspɛkt/, /pr@"spEkt/

  Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

1. The potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable.

Translations

Verb

1. To search, as for gold.

Translations

• Catalan: fer prospeccions
• Finnish: etsiä

Prospect may refer to:

• Prospect (trade union), a United Kingdom trade union of professionals
• Prospect (magazine), a liberal monthly British essay and comment magazine
• Prospect (architecture magazine), a Scottish architecture magazine
• Prospect (sports), any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who has yet to play a game for the team
• The American Prospect, a monthly political magazine
• Prospect Pictures, a television production company in London, England
• The Prospect Studios, a television studio in Los Angeles, United States
• Prospect, a probationary member of a club, usually a motorcycle club
• Prospect House, the former President's residence and current faculty club of Princeton University
• Prospect High School, a public high school in the California Union High School District in California

Music

• Prospect (rapper), a Puerto Rican rapper from The Bronx, and former member of the Terror Squad
• Prospect (Slovenian band), a progressive metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia

Places

In Australia:

• Prospect, New South Wales, suburb of the City of Blacktown, near Sydney
  • Division of Prospect, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales, surrounding the suburb
• Prospect, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
• Prospect, Queensland, Queensland
• Prospect, Tasmania, suburb of Launceston, Tasmania

In Canada:

• Prospect, Nova Scotia

In England:

• Prospect, Cumbria

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

• Prospect, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

In the United States:

• Prospect, Connecticut
• Prospect, Kentucky
• Prospect, Ohio
• Prospect, Oregon
• Prospect, Pennsylvania
• Prospect, Virginia
• Mount Prospect, Illinois

See also

• Prospect Park
• Prospect Hill
• Prospect Village

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