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–noun

Usually, prospects.

a.	an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc.

b.	the outlook for the future: good business prospects.

2.	anticipation; expectation; a looking forward.

3.	something in view as a source of profit.

4.	a potential or likely customer, client, etc.

5.	a potential or likely candidate.

6.	a view, esp. of scenery; scene.

7.	outlook or view over a region or in a particular direction.

8.	a mental view or survey, as of a subject or situation.

Mining.

a.	an apparent indication of ore or native metal.

b.	a place giving such indications.

c.	a mine working or excavation undertaken in a search for additional ore.

10.	Archaic. sight; range of vision.

–verb (used with object)

11.	to search or explore (a region), as for gold.

12.	to work (a mine or claim) experimentally in order to test its value.

–verb (used without object)

13.	to search or explore a region for gold or the like.

—Idiom

14.	in prospect, under consideration; expected; in view: He had no other alternative in prospect.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME prospecte < L prōspectus outlook, view. See prospectus

]

—Related forms

pros·pect·less, adjective

pros·pec·tor

Audio Help [pros-pek-ter, pruh-spek-ter] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 6, 7. See view. 7, 8. perspective.

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pros·pect Audio Help (prŏs'pěkt') Pronunciation Key
n.

Something expected; a possibility.
prospects
1. Chances.
2. Financial expectations, especially of success.
3. A potential customer, client, or purchaser.
4. A candidate deemed likely to succeed.
5. The location or probable location of a mineral deposit.
6. An actual or probable mineral deposit.
7. The mineral yield obtained by working an ore.
1. A potential customer, client, or purchaser.
2. A candidate deemed likely to succeed.
3. The location or probable location of a mineral deposit.
4. An actual or probable mineral deposit.
5. The mineral yield obtained by working an ore.
The direction in which an object, such as a building, faces; an outlook.
Something presented to the eye; a scene: a pleasant prospect.
The act of surveying or examining.
1. The location or probable location of a mineral deposit.
2. An actual or probable mineral deposit.
3. The mineral yield obtained by working an ore.

v.   pros·pect·ed, pros·pect·ing, pros·pects

v.   tr.
To search for or explore (a region) for mineral deposits or oil.

v.   intr.
To explore for mineral deposits or oil.

[Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus, distant view, from past participle of prōspicere, to look out : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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prospect (n.)

1430, "act of looking into the distance," from L. prospectus "view, outlook," prop. pp. of prospicere "look out on, look forward," from pro- "forward" + specere "look at" (see scope (1)). Meaning "extensive view of the landscape" is from 1538; transf. sense of "mental view or survey" is from 1625. Sense of "person or thing considered promising" is from 1922. Verbal meaning "explore for gold" is first recorded 1841, from noun sense of "spot giving prospects of ore" (1839). Prospector in this sense is from 1857. Prospects "expectations" is from 1665; prospective in sense of "hoped for" is first recorded 1829.

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prospect
noun
1.	the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
2.	belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: expectation]
3.	someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) [syn: candidate]
4.	the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view]
5.	a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis]
verb
1.	search for something desirable; "prospect a job"
2.	explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

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prospect1 [ˈprospekt] noun

an outlook for the future; a view of what one may expect to happen
Example: He didn't like the prospect of going abroad; a job with good prospects

Arabic:	إحْتِمال، تَقْديرات مُحْتَمَلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	前程，前途
Chinese (Traditional):	前程，前途
Czech:	vyhlídka
Danish:	udsigt; mulighed
Dutch:	vooruitzicht
Estonian:	väljavaade
Finnish:	tulevaisuudennäkymä
French:	perspectives d'avenir
German:	die Aussicht
Greek:	προοπτική
Hungarian:	kilátás
Icelandic:	möguleikar, (framtíðar)horfur, útlit
Indonesian:	prospek
Italian:	prospettiva

Japanese:	見通し
Korean:	전망, 기대
Latvian:	perspektīva; izredzes
Lithuanian:	perspektyva
Norwegian:	utsikt, mulighet
Polish:	perspektywa
Portuguese (Brazil):	perspectiva
Portuguese (Portugal):	perspectiva
Romanian:	(de) perspectivă
Russian:	перспектива
Slovak:	vyhliadky
Slovenian:	obet
Spanish:	panorama, perspectiva (de futuro)
Swedish:	framtidsperspektiv, -utsikter, möjligheter
Turkish:	beklenti, olasılık

prospect2 [ˈprospekt] noun

a view or scene
Example: a fine prospect

Arabic:	مَنْظَر، مَشْهَد
Chinese (Simplified):	景色，景象
Chinese (Traditional):	景色，景象
Czech:	výhled, obzor
Danish:	udsigt
Dutch:	uitzicht
Estonian:	(välja)vaade
Finnish:	näköala
French:	vue, perspective
German:	die Aussicht
Greek:	θέα
Hungarian:	látvány
Icelandic:	útsÿn
Indonesian:	pemandangan
Italian:	vista

Japanese:	見晴し
Korean:	조망, 경치
Latvian:	skats
Lithuanian:	vaizdas
Norwegian:	utsikt
Polish:	widok
Portuguese (Brazil):	perspectiva
Portuguese (Portugal):	vista
Romanian:	vedere, perspectivă
Russian:	вид, панорама
Slovak:	výhľad
Slovenian:	razgled
Spanish:	vista, panorama
Swedish:	utsikt, vy
Turkish:	görünüş, manzara

prospect [ˈprospektprəˈspekt, (American) ˈprospekt] verb

to make a search (for gold etc)
Example: He is prospecting for gold.

Arabic:	يُنَقِّبُ بَحْثا عن المَعادِن
Chinese (Simplified):	勘探
Chinese (Traditional):	勘探
Czech:	provádět průzkum
Danish:	søge efter; grave efter
Dutch:	zoeken
Estonian:	otsima
Finnish:	etsiä
French:	prospecter
German:	schürfen
Greek:	ψάχνω (για χρυσάφι, πετρέλαιο κτλ.)
Hungarian:	kutat
Icelandic:	leita eftir (gulli)
Indonesian:	mencari
Italian:	(fare prospezioni)

Japanese:	探鉱する
Korean:	답사하다
Latvian:	meklēt (zeltu u.tml.)
Lithuanian:	ieškoti, žvalgyti
Norwegian:	lete etter gull, osv.
Polish:	poszukiwać
Portuguese (Brazil):	prospectar
Portuguese (Portugal):	procurar
Romanian:	a căuta
Russian:	разведывать, искать
Slovak:	robiť prieskum
Slovenian:	iskati
Spanish:	prospectar, explorar
Swedish:	prospektera, leta
Turkish:	maden aramak

See also: prospector, prospectus

U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This

Prospect Hill, NC Zip code(s): 27314

Prospect Harbor, ME Zip code(s): 04669

Prospect Heights, IL (city, FIPS 62016) Location: 42.10240 N, 87.92475 W
Population (1990): 15239 (6270 housing units)
Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60070

Prospect Park, PA (borough, FIPS 62792) Location: 39.88560 N, 75.30754 W
Population (1990): 6764 (2712 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 19076

Prospect Heights, CO (town, FIPS 61480) Location: 38.42592 N, 105.23575 W
Population (1990): 19 (10 housing units)
Area: 0.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Prospect Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 61170) Location: 40.93710 N, 74.17255 W
Population (1990): 5053 (1883 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Prospect, OR Zip code(s): 97536

Prospect, PA (borough, FIPS 62752) Location: 40.90074 N, 80.04958 W
Population (1990): 1122 (461 housing units)
Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16052

Prospect, VA Zip code(s): 23960

Prospect, TN Zip code(s): 38477

Prospect, OH (village, FIPS 64780) Location: 40.45242 N, 83.18571 W
Population (1990): 1148 (447 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43342

Prospect, KY (city, FIPS 63264) Location: 38.34777 N, 85.60931 W
Population (1990): 2788 (1089 housing units)
Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40059

Prospect, CT Zip code(s): 06712

Prospect, NY (village, FIPS 59883) Location: 43.30424 N, 75.15284 W
Population (1990): 312 (124 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Mount Prospect, IL (village, FIPS 51089) Location: 42.06540 N, 87.93755 W
Population (1990): 53170 (20949 housing units)
Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60056

East Prospect, PA (borough, FIPS 21728) Location: 39.97141 N, 76.52091 W
Population (1990): 558 (220 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Prospect

Pros"pect\, n. [L. prospectus, fr. prospicere, prospectum, to look forward; pro before, forward + specere, spicere, look, to see: cf. OF. prospect. See Spy, v., and cf. Prospectus.]

1. That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

His eye discovers unaware The goodly prospect of some foreign land. --Milton.

2. Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.

I went to Putney . . . to take prospects in crayon. --Evelyn.

3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout. [R.]

Him God beholding from his prospect high. --Milton.

4. Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.

And their prospect was toward the south. --Ezek. xl. 44.

5. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state. --Locke.

Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life ? --Tillotson.

6. That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success. "To brighter prospects born." --Cowper.

These swell their prospectsd exalt their pride, When offers are disdain'd, and love deny'd. --Pope.

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Prospect

Pros"pect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prospected; p. pr. & vb. n. Prospecting.] To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.

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Prospect

Pros"pect\, v. i. To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.

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