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prospective

/pɹəˈspɛktɪv/
Meanings
  • adjective

    relating to the future; not yet in existence or occurrence

    - "The prospective student must submit an application before the deadline."
    - "The prospective buyer is interested in several properties."
  • noun

    a person or thing that is likely to become important, successful, or influential in the future

    - "She is a prospective candidate for the position."
    - "The company has several promising prospectives in its research pipeline."
Pronunciation
  1. /pɹəˈspɛktɪv/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with prospective
perspective , prospect , aspect , perpective , retrospect
Variants
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prospective , prospectively
Forms
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prospectively, prospectiveness, prospectivism

Etymology
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From the Latin prospectus, meaning 'viewed before,' from prospicere, 'to look forward,' from pro- 'forward' + specere 'to look'

Trivia
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  1. The word 'prospective' is often used in real estate to refer to a property that is for sale but has not yet been sold.

  2. In mathematics, the term 'prospective' is used to refer to a matrix that represents future values of a time series.

Related Concepts
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  1. future: The concept of the future refers to the time after the present. It is often associated with hope, anticipation, and planning.

  2. perspective: The term 'perspective' refers to a particular way of looking at or interpreting something. It can also refer to a visual representation of a scene from a particular viewpoint.

Quotes
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  1. All of these arguments were "prospective", all anticipated the role that public opinion would play in future constitutional disputes.

    - Jack N. Rakove,{it}Original Meanings … {/it},1996

  2. All too often in the post-Vietnam past—the first Gulf War, for example—the default position of the Democratic Party has been to assume that any "prospective" use of U.S. military power would be immoral.

    - Joe Klein,{it}Time{/it},21 Aug. 2006

  3. In 2005 [Jerry] Colangelo arranged face-to-face sit-downs with every "prospective" national team player, to hear in their own words why they wanted to represent their country.

    - Alexander Wolff,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},28 July 2008
Culture
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In literature, the term 'prospective' is often used to refer to the perspective or point of view from which a story is told. In art, it can refer to a painting or drawing that depicts a scene from a particular viewpoint.

How to Memorize "prospective"

  1. visualize

    - To visualize 'prospective,' imagine a scene or situation that is related to the future or to something that is likely to become important or successful.

  2. associate

    - To associate 'prospective' with the word 'future,' or with the idea of something that is likely to be important or successful.

  3. mnemonics

    - To remember 'prospective,' you could use the mnemonic 'Prospects are promising and Success is certain'.

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