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prospection

8.3

To imagine and plan for the future

noun
/prəˈspɛkʃən/

Specialized

: prospección

In fact, sometimes the happiness in anticipation is greater than the happiness actually experienced in the moment—that's known as "rosy prospection."

Examples

This discussion occurs before my remarks on memory and prospection, which Garfield quotes, and I make clear there that these cognitive capacities require the social and developmental processes of self-making.

Academic text (2016)
Effective prospection allows businesses to anticipate market trends and make informed decisions.
My point of doing videos is not really to find prospection, but to improve reputation because you cannot.
During the planning phase, prospection helps us envision potential challenges and opportunities ahead.
Successful prospection involves analyzing data and forecasting future developments in various industries.

Synonyms

planning

vsprospection

507 2.2

To think ahead and decide what to do to prepare for something

adds emphasis on anticipating various possibilities as well as arranging for them

foresight

vsprospection

30 5.6

The ability to think ahead and plan for the future

focuses more on acting and planning based on anticipated futures

forethought

vsprospection

10 5.5

Careful planning for the future to avoid problems

covers that careful thought plus broader anticipation and planning activities

envisioning

vsprospection

1 5.1

Making a clear picture in your mind of something, often of the future

adds planning and action intent beyond merely imagining events

lookahead

vsprospection

5.5

Thinking about future needs to plan and avoid problems

includes both anticipating possibilities and making plans ahead

feedforward

vsprospection

Specialized

8.4

A process that uses information about expected events to guide actions before they happen

is more general, covering anticipation and planning beyond feedback driven control

envisionment

vsprospection

6.8

A mental picture of a plan or future result

is the forward looking act that turns such images into plans

Antonyms

retrospection

1 6.7

A time when someone thinks about past events

How Future-Focused

foresight

30 5.6

prospection

Specialized

8.3

planning

507 2.2

Surface Forms

prospection singular

prospections plural

Morphology

prospection = prospect (transparent) = prospect + ion

Formed by the regular nominalizing suffix '-ion' on the familiar base 'prospect', yielding 'the act/state of prospecting or anticipating', which is predictable for learners.

Etymology

Prospection comes from the parts pro- 'forward' and -spect 'to look', so it literally means 'to look forward'. A helpful image is standing on a hill and imagining the road ahead, and that is why prospection means thinking ahead and planning for the future.