Definitions for prospect
ˈprɒs pɛktprospect

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. prospect, chancenoun

   the possibility of future success

   "his prospects as a writer are excellent"

2. expectation, outlook, prospectnoun

   belief about (or mental picture of) the future

3. candidate, prospectnoun

   someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

4. view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panoramanoun

   the visual percept of a region

   "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"

5. prognosis, prospect, medical prognosisverb

   a prediction of the course of a disease

6. prospectverb

   search for something desirable

   "prospect a job"

7. prospectverb

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prospectnoun

   The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

2. prospectnoun

   A hope; a hopeful.

3. prospectnoun

   Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.

4. prospectnoun

   The facade of an organ.

5. prospectverb

   To search, as for gold.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PROSPECTnoun

   Etymology: prospectus, Lat.

   1. View of something distant.

   Eden and all the coast in prospect lay. John Milton.

   The Jews being under the œconomy of immediate revelation, might be supposed to have had a freer prospect into that heaven, whence their law descended. Decay of Piety.

   It is better to marry than to burn, says St. Paul; a little burning felt pushes us more powerfully, than greater pleasures in prospect allure. John Locke.

   2. Place which affords an extended view.

   Him God beholding from his prospect high,
   Wherein past, present, future he beholds,
   Thus spake. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. iii.

   3. Series of objects open to the eye.

   There is a very noble prospect from this place: on the one side lies a vast extent of seas, that runs abroad further than the eye can reach: just opposite stands the green promontory of Surrentum, and on the other side the whole circuit of the bay of Naples. Addison.

   4. Object of view.

   Man to himself
   Is a large prospect, rais’d above the level
   Of his low creeping thoughts. John Denham.

   Present, sad prospect! can he ought descry,
   But what affects his melancholy eye;
   The beauties of the ancient fabrick lost
   In chains of craggy hills, or lengths of dreary coast. Matthew Prior.

   5. View into futurity: opposed to retrospect.

   To be king,
   Stands not within the prospect of belief,
   No more than to be Cawdor. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   To him, who hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery, that attends all men after this life, the measures of good and evil are mightily changed. John Locke.

   If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is right; let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die. John Locke.

   Against himself his gratitude maintain’d,
   By favours past, not future prospects gain’d. Smith.

   6. Regard to something future.

   Is he a prudent man, as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for the remaining part of his life. John Tillotson.

2. To Prospectverb

   To look forward. Dict.

   Etymology: prospectus, Lat

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prospect

   A prospect generally refers to the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring. It can also refer to a person or project regarded as likely to succeed or an individual who is being considered for a position or role. In a business context, a prospect often refers to a potential customer or client.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Prospect

   that which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook

2. Prospect

   especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape

3. Prospect

   a position affording a fine view; a lookout

4. Prospect

   relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect

5. Prospect

   the act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state

6. Prospect

   that which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success

7. Prospectverb

   to look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold

8. Prospectverb

   to make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold

9. Etymology: [L. prospectus, fr. prospicere, prospectum, to look forward; pro before, forward + specere, spicere, look, to see: cf. OF. prospect. See Spy, v., and cf. Prospectus.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Prospect

   Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine, specialising in politics, economics and current affairs. Frequent topics include British, European, and US politics, social issues, art, literature, cinema, science, the media, history, philosophy, and psychology. It features a mixture of lengthy analytic articles, first-person reportage, one-page columns, and shorter, quirkier items. Notable features of the magazine include head-to-head debates between two writers with opposing views on a subject; roundtable discussions, in which a series of experts with varying views on a given topic meet for a discussion, an edited transcript of which is published in the magazine; and interviews with major political and cultural figures. Prospect has also attempted to revitalise the art of the short story in Britain, by publishing new fiction in every issue, and by organising and sponsoring the National Short Story prize, the biggest award in the world for a single story, which launched in 2004. The first award, of £15,000, went to James Lasdun in May 2005. The magazine prizes independence over ideology and its articles and authors span the political spectrum. In recent years the magazine's founding editor, David Goodhart, has stirred controversy with a series of articles arguing that the increasing diversity of the United Kingdom may weaken the bonds of solidarity on which the welfare state depends. The debate fed into the broader discussions of "Britishness" that have become increasingly common in the public sphere.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prospect

   pros′pekt, n. a looking forward: that which the eye takes in at once: a view: object of view: a scene: expectation: a long, straight, wide street: outlook, exposure.—v.i. Prospect′, to make a search, esp. for chances of mining for precious metals.—ns. Prospec′ter, -or, one who explores for valuable minerals; Prospec′ting, searching a district for gold or silver mines with a view to further operations; Prospec′tion, the act of looking forward or of providing for future wants.—adj. Prospec′tive, looking forward: expected: acting with foresight: relating to the future: distant.—n. outlook: prospect.—adv. Prospec′tively.—ns. Prospec′tiveness; Prospec′tus, the outline of any plan submitted for public approval, particularly of a literary work or of a joint-stock concern. [L. prospectus—prospicĕre, prospectum—pro, forward, specĕre, to look.]

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Matched Categories

1. • Belief
   • Person
   • Search
   • Visual Percept

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'prospect' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3115

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'prospect' in Nouns Frequency: #864

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prospect in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prospect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of prospect in a Sentence

1. Steven Leung:

   The market was quiet but cautious and investors were concern about the prospect of a U.S. interest rate hike, players were unwilling to take risk with so many uncertainties around.

2. David Hopkins:

   It's completely unique to this year, it raises the prospect of no one getting the majority of delegates.

3. Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel:

   What's happening here is completely out of control, and there's no prospect for bringing any kind of stability, I think, on the path we're on now, and that was what I was talking about in the memo.

4. Serhiy Fursa:

   The threat that cooperation with the IMF will be disrupted, and the threat that the country will again return to the prospect of default, is much higher if other candidates win.

5. Carl Jung:

   Rational argument can be conducted with some prospect of success only so long as the emotionality of a given situation does not exceed a certain critical degree. If the affective temperature rises above this level, the possibility of reason’s having any effect ceases and its place is taken by slogans and chimerical wish fantasies. That is to say, a sort of collective possession results which rapidly develops into a psychic epidemic.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prospect
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prospect
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prospect
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prospect
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prospect
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prospect