prospect
6 definitions found
prospect - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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His eye discovers unaware
The goodly prospect of some foreign land. --Milton.
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2. Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a
landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
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I went to Putney . . . to take prospects in crayon.
--Evelyn.
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3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout. [R.]
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Him God beholding from his prospect high. --Milton.
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4. Relative position of the front of a building or other
structure; face; relative aspect.
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And their prospect was toward the south. --Ezek. xl.
44.
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5. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a
prospect of the future state. --Locke.
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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.
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6. That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation;
expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success.
"To brighter prospects born." --Cowper.
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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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prospect - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
prospect
n 1: the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a
writer are excellent" [syn: prospect, chance]
2: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn:
expectation, outlook, prospect]
3: someone who is considered for something (for an office or
prize or honor etc.) [syn: candidate, prospect]
4: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect,
prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
5: a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis,
prospect, medical prognosis]
v 1: search for something desirable; "prospect a job"
2: explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as
minerals
prospect - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Prospect, CT
Zip code(s): 06712
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, 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)
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, 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, TN
Zip code(s): 38477
Prospect, VA
Zip code(s): 23960
prospect - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
224 Moby Thesaurus words for "prospect":
aftertime, afteryears, airscape, anticipation, aptitude, aspect,
aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, bare possibility,
by-and-by, certainty, chance, chances, cheerful expectation,
cityscape, client, cloudscape, command, conceivability,
conceivableness, confidence, contemplation, contingency,
conviction, course ahead, crystal ball, customer, dekko,
delve into, dependence, design, desire, determinism, dig into,
discretion, distant future, domination, doomed hope, envisagement,
envisionment, even chance, eventuality, expectancy, expectation,
explore, eye, eyeful, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight,
fair expectation, fair prospect, faith, farseeingness,
farsightedness, favorable prospect, fervent hope, field of view,
field of vision, forecast, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse,
forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight, foresightedness,
forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, go,
good chance, good cheer, good hope, good possibility,
great expectations, hereafter, high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis,
hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, horizon,
immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, in prospect,
in sight, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind,
in view, intention, ken, landscape, leer, leering look, liability,
likelihood, likeliness, likely, limit of vision, line of sight,
longsightedness, look, look for, look-in, looking ahead, lookout,
lustful leer, mark, mine, naked eye, near future, odds, off chance,
offing, on the horizon, on the table, opportunity, outlook,
outlook over, outside chance, outside hope, pan, pan for gold,
panorama, patron, perspective, plan, possibilities, possibility,
possible, possibleness, posteriority, potential, potentiality,
prayerful hope, prediction, preparation, prepublication,
presumption, presumptive evidence, preview, prevision, probabilism,
probability, probable, project, projected, promise, prophecy,
prospection, prospects, providence, provision, prudence, quarry,
range, readiness, reasonable ground, reasonable hope, regard,
regular, regular customer, reliance, remote possibility,
riverscape, sagacity, sanguine expectation, scan, scape, scene,
scenery, scenic view, scope, scope of vision, search for, seascape,
security, sidelong look, sift, sight, sightliness, skyscape,
sly look, small hope, spectacle, sucker, survey, sweep, tendency,
the attainable, the feasible, the future, the morrow, the possible,
the sweet by-and-by, thinkability, thinkableness, thought,
time ahead, time just ahead, time to come, tomorrow, townscape,
trust, unastonishment, verisimilitude, view, virtuality, vista,
waterscape, well-grounded hope, what is possible, what may be,
what might be
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