Prospect

Quick meaning: Prospect is a noun meaning The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

Meaning

The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

More Meanings

1. A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
2. A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
3. Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
4. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
5. The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
6. A hope; a hopeful.
7. (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.

Example Sentences

Their prospect was toward the south.

a very ill prospect of a future state

Him God beholding from his proſpect high, / Wherein paſt, preſent, future he beholds, / Thus to his onely Son forſeeing ſpake.

I went to Putney, and other places on the Thames, to take prospects in crayon, to carry into France, where I thought to have them engraved.

Word Forms

• prospects
• prospecting
• prospected

Synonyms for prospect

Depending on context, synonyms include outcome, aspect, view, scene, prognosis, outlook.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outlook, vista, aspect, view, scene, prognosis.

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