PROSPECTIVE

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

Etymology

Adjective

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.

Noun

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

PROSPECTIVE

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