prospect

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Latin prospectus, past participle of prospicere, to look forward, from pro, before, forward + specere, spicere, to look, to see

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• (noun)
  • (RP): /ˈprɒspɛkt/, /"prQspEkt/
  • (US): präsʹpĕkt, /ˈprɑːspɛkt/, /"prA:spEkt/
• (verb) enPR: prə-spĕktʹ, IPA: /prəˈspɛkt/, SAMPA: /pr@"spEkt/
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  Rhymes: -ɛkt

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prospect (plural prospects)

1. The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
   • 1788, James Hutton, Theory of the earth, page 166:

     The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end.

2. (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
3. (music) The facade of an organ.

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to prospect (third-person singular simple present prospects, present participle prospecting, simple past and past participle prospected)

1. (intransitive) To search, as for gold.

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