About The Word Prospective
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Prospective
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What's The Definition Of Prospective?
[adj] concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Prospective: expected | future | likely | potential Related Terms | Find terms related to Prospective: See Also | Prospective In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*spec"tive\, a. [L. prospectivus: cf. F.
prospectif. See {Prospect}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect;
perspective. [Obs.]
Time's long and dark prospective glass. --Milton.
2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed
to {retrospective}.
The French king of Sweden are circumspect,
industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
--Sir J.
Child.
3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or
contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a
prospective benefit.
Points on which the promises, at the time of
ordination, had no prospective bearing. --W. Jay.
\Pro*spec"tive\, n. 1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. |
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