Nearby Words
adjective
1.
of or in the future: prospective earnings.
2.
potential, likely, or expected: a prospective partner.
Related forms
pro·spec·tive·ly, adverb
pro·spec·tive·ness, noun
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Prospective
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
prospective
1580s, from obsolete Fr. prospectif, from M.L. prospectivus, from L. prospect-, pp. stem of prospicere (see prospect (n.)). In 17c. also as a noun, "spy glass, telescope."
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