prospective
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5.1
- adjective
- /prəˈspɛktɪv/
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potencial
- As a prospective student, she was excited to visit the university campus and meet with faculty members.
- a prospective employer
- a prospective student
- a prospective parent
The legislation next should be prospective and not retrospective.
- The legislation next should be prospective and not retrospective.
- Should Trump or any other former president or prospective president be above the law?
- Again, there is nothing per SE wrong with a president or prospective president being indicted.
- One, you're bringing that prospective seller onto your turf.
- You're the property of the Rosen Association, used as a sales device for prospective emigrants.
- So this is this is the balancing act between epidemiology and randomized prospective experiments.
- And yeah, you know, when women were imagining, so they were talking to this guy, thinking he was a prospective partner for them, like they might date.
- You know, case studies, then you've got cohort studies, then you've got observational data that's prospective, then you have randomized trial.
- To remove prospective jurors after this is not the same as the challenges for cause.
- Despite what attorneys and judges know about the poor predictability of the LSAT, it remains A gatekeeper for prospective attorneys.
- And I recently talked to not a client, but it was a prospective client and they were interested in unwinding their, their checkbook LLC IRA.
Examples
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Welcome, prospective parents, to Spag Union Preparatory School.
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There has been no investigation of where these prospective teachers' attitudes come from.
Academic text (2011) -
Should Trump or any other former president or prospective president be above the law?
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I mean it like these prospective clients are either going to say yes or no.
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Now, they tell you a little something about the prospective client, right?
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Well, I'd like to welcome the prospective students.
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The bank always runs a thorough background check on prospective clients
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However, this system was perceived to be too costly by both actual and prospective customers.
Academic text (1999) -
Having enjoyed a nice trip and a good time, the prospective student-athlete would sign the letter of intent.
Academic text (1990) -
While home price rises are a big win for existing homeowners, prospective homebuyers are finding it much harder.
Synonyms
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2.3
Relating to things that will happen later
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4.3
Likely to happen in the near future
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4.0
Going to happen very soon, usually something bad
Likely to happen soon and making people feel excited
Antonyms
How Likely
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word prospective comes from two old Latin parts: pro- meaning 'forward' and specere meaning 'to look', the same root you see in inspect and spectator. So, it literally means 'looking forward', which is why prospective describes something expected or likely to happen in the future.