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

Prospective Sentence Examples

  • Three prospective buyers had looked at the house and at least one seemed interested.

  • If she openly admired him in front of her prospective employer, what would she do when she was alone with him?

  • I was delighted, for my mind was full of the prospective joys and of the wonderful stories I had heard about the sea.

  • The crop is very variable, according to seasons and prospective markets; ranging e.g.

  • If, owing to proximity to a town or otherwise, the prospective value were too high, the council might hire such land for the purpose of letting it.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With E