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prospect

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒspɛkt/

The English word “prospect” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
  2. A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
  3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
  4. A relative position of the front of a building or other structure; a face; a relative aspect.
  5. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
  6. The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
  7. A hope; a hopeful.
  8. Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
  9. A potential client or customer.
  10. The façade of an organ.

verb

  1. To search, as for gold.
  2. To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
  3. To have or afford a view; to face or look out.
  4. To look or face towards; to view.

Etymology

From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus and prospekt. The verb is from the noun.

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