to prospect
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5.5
- verb
- /ˈprɒspɛkt/
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prospectar
- From an asteroid I prospected a few weeks ago.
And for many wholesalers out there, their time is not best spent prospecting for deals.
- And for many wholesalers out there, their time is not best spent prospecting for deals.
- You know what's really fun about prospecting is when you don't do it anymore.
- Well, I've been prospect the past two weeks desire.
- Notice I didn't call it prospecting for a reason.
- But running ads that say, you know, this is back to prospecting.
Examples
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And so part time I went out and began to meet with clients prospecting door to door and what have you.
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And so part time, I went out and began to meet with clients, prospecting door to door and what have you.
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You gonna prospect or what?
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We have no idea how to prospect in the first place!
Blog text (33) -
I'm not here to prospect.
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OK, so Craigslist is a great way to prospect, but really like the main ways people prospect starting out.
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I'm saying I should be out prospecting.
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For ten years, he had prospected around the world for gemstones.
Fiction book (2001) -
It ain't like the old days when we could go out prospecting for gold with a sluice box and water.
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He spent the summer prospecting for gold in the mountains.
Synonyms
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1.0
To try to find something or someone by looking carefully
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3.3
To go ahead and explore a place to find something or information
Compounds
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prospect comes from the Latin parts pro- 'forward' and specere 'to look', so to prospect is to 'look out' for something valuable, like minerals or opportunities, and it shares the same root as inspect. That's why to prospect means to search or look for resources or chances.