prospective
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French prospectif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. prospectivus
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Adjective
prospective (not comparable)
- Likely or expected to happen or become.
- Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
- Anticipated in the near or far future.
- Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Time's long and dark prospective glass.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- (Can we date this quote by Sir J. Child and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The French king and king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
- (Can we date this quote by Sir J. Child and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (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.
- What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home.
Translations
likely or expected to happen or become
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following the same population
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Noun
prospective (plural prospectives)
- (obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A perspective glass.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
- (informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
- Would you like to show the prospective around?
- I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.
- 2006, Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman, volume 14, issues 4-6, page 114:
- At the moment, meeting interesting, 'could be, maybe not' prospectives around the globe keeps her entertained.
See also
References
- “prospective”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “prospective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “prospective”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- prospective aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Adjective
prospective
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- English terms derived from Middle French
- Rhymes:English/ɛktɪv
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