Prospective Definition

prə-spĕktĭv
adjective
Looking toward the future.
Webster's New World
Expected; likely; future.
Webster's New World
Likely to become or be.
Prospective clients.
American Heritage
Effective in the future. Newly enacted laws and constitutional decisions are almost always applied prospectively.
Webster's New World Law
Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
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noun

(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.
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Other Word Forms of Prospective

Noun

Singular:
prospective
Plural:
prospectives

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