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    pros·pect
    [ˈpräˌspek(t)]
    noun
    prospect (noun) · prospects (plural noun)
    1. the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring:
      "there was no prospect of a reconciliation" · "training that offered a prospect of continuous employment"
    2. a person regarded as likely to succeed or as a potential customer, client, etc.:
      "clients deemed likely prospects for active party membership" · "a great young pitching prospect"
      • a place likely to yield mineral deposits:
        "additional exploration prospects have been identified in this area"
    verb
    prospect (verb) · prospects (third person present) · prospected (past tense) · prospected (past participle) · prospecting (present participle)
    1. search for mineral deposits in a place, especially by means of experimental drilling and excavation:
      "the company is also prospecting for gold"
      • (prospect for)
        look out for; search for:
        "the responsibilities of salespeople to prospect for customers"
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a noun denoting the action of looking towards a distant object): from Latin prospectus ‘view’, from prospicere ‘look forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + specere ‘to look’. Early use, referring to a view of landscape, gave rise to the meaning ‘mental picture’ (mid 16th century), whence ‘anticipated event’.
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    Get a quick, free translation! PROSPECT definition: 1. the possibility that something good might happen in the future: 2. the possibility of being…. Learn more.
    Prospect is from the Latin word prospectus which means a "view or outlook." A prospect is still a way of looking ahead and expecting good things. It's like potential in that it's something that might be but isn't yet. There is also the potential for something bad to happen, but prospects usually look good.
    Prospective students roam campuses with their parents in the year before they plan to enter college. prospect, outlook, anticipation, foretaste mean an advance realization of something to come. prospect implies expectation of a particular event, condition, or development of definite interest or concern. outlook suggests a forecasting of the future.