prospect
1. pros.pect \'pra:s-.pekt\ n [ME, fr. L prospectus view, prospect, fr.
prospectus, pp. of pro]spicere to look forward, exercise foresight, fr.
pro- forward + specere to look - more at PRO-, SKY 1: OUTLOOK, EXPOSURE
2a1: an extensive view 2a2: a mental consideration : SURVEY 2b: a place
that commands an extensive view : LOOKOUT 2c: something extended to the
view : SCENE archaic 2d: a sketch or picture of a scene obs 3: ASPECT
4a: act of looking forward : ANTICIPATION 4b: a mental picture of
something to come : VISION 4c: something that is awaited or expected :
POSSIBILITY pl 4d1: financial expectations 4d2: CHANCES 5a: a place
showing signs of containing a mineral deposit 5b: a partly developed mine
5c: the mineral yield of a tested sample of ore or gravel 6a: a potential
buyer or customer 6b: a likely candidate ean 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; ANTICIPATION implies a prospect or outlook
that involves advance suffering or enjoyment of what is foreseen; FORETASTE
implies an actual though brief or partial experience of something that will
or may come later in full force SYN syn PROSPECT, OUTLOOK, ANTICIPATION,
FORETASTE m
2. pros.pect \'pra:s-.pekt, chiefly Brit pr*s-'\ \-.pek-t*r, -'pek-\ vi :
to explore an area esp. for mineral deposits to inspect (a region) for
mineral deposits; broadly : EXPLORE - pros.pec.tor n