prospective
(adjective) of or concerned with or related to the future; “prospective earnings”; “a prospective mother”; “a prospective bride”; “the statute is solely prospective in operation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prospective (not comparable)
Likely or expected to happen or become.
Anticipated in the near or far future.
Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
(medicine, of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
(grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
prospective (plural prospectives)
(obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
(obsolete) A perspective glass.
(informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [Obs.] Time's long and dark prospective glass. Milton.
2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. Sir J. Child.
3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. W. Jay.
Pro*spec"tive, n.
1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir H. Wotton.
2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
