prospect
//ˈpɹɒspɛkt//
Forms
- Plural
- prospects
- present (v1)
- prospect
- past (v2)
- prospected
- past participle (v3)
- prospected
- present participle
- prospecting
- 3rd person singular
- prospects
Definitions
1.The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
2.A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
- I went to Putney, and other places on the Thames, to take prospects in crayon, to carry into France, where I thought to have them engraved.
- The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.
3.A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
4.A relative position of the front of a building or other structure; a face; a relative aspect.
- Their prospect was toward the south.
1.To search, as for gold.
2.To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2638
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”).
By surface analysis, pro- + -spect.