English Online Dictionary. What means prospective? What does prospective mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus. See more at English prospect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈspɛktɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Adjective
prospective (not comparable)
- Likely or expected to happen or become.
- Anticipated in the near or far future.
- Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- 1668-1690, Josiah Child, A new discourse of trade
- The French king, and the king of Sweden are […] circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
- 1668-1690, Josiah Child, A new discourse of trade
- (medicine, of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
- (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
Translations
Noun
prospective (plural prospectives)
- (obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- (obsolete) A perspective glass.
- (informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
See also
- inchoative
References
- “prospective”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “prospective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “prospective”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- prospective aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Adjective
prospective
- feminine singular of prospectif