prospective
11prospective — [[t]prəspe̱ktɪv, AM prɑː [/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use prospective to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned. The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers... When his… …
12prospective — adjective (only before noun) 1 likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position: prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc: I m meeting a prospective buyer for the house today. 2 likely to happen: prospective costs/career/changes… …
13prospective — adjective Date: circa 1699 1. relating to or effective in the future 2. a. likely to come about ; expected < the prospective benefits of this law > b. likely to be or become < a prospective mother > • prospectively adverb …
14prospective — prospectively, adv. prospectiveness, n. /preuh spek tiv/, adj. 1. of or in the future: prospective earnings. 2. potential, likely, or expected: a prospective partner. [1580 90; < LL prospectivus. See PROSPECTUS, IVE] * * * …
15prospective — pro|spec|tive [prəˈspektıv] adj [only before noun] 1.) prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc someone who is likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position 2.) likely to happen ▪ the prospective costs of providing pensions …
16prospective — pro|spec|tive [ prə spektıv ] adjective only before noun ** 1. ) likely to be or become a particular thing: a prospective client/employee/candidate 2. ) likely or expected to happen: a prospective increase/offer/bid …
17prospective */*/ — UK [prəˈspektɪv] / US adjective [only before noun] 1) likely to be or become a particular thing a prospective client/employee/candidate 2) likely or expected to happen a prospective increase/offer/bid …
18prospective — /prə spektɪv/ adjective which may happen in the future ♦ a prospective buyer someone who may buy in the future ● There is no shortage of prospective buyers for the computer …
19prospective — adj. 1 concerned with or applying to the future (implies a prospective obligation) (cf. RETROSPECTIVE). 2 some day to be; expected; future (prospective bridegroom). Derivatives: prospectively adv. prospectiveness n. Etymology: obs. F prospectif… …
20prospective — adjective a) Likely or expected to happen or become. Prospective students are those who have already applied to the University, but have yet to be admitted. b) Anticipated in the near or far future …
