PROSPECT
Dictionary entry overview: What does prospect mean?
• PROSPECT (noun)
The noun PROSPECT has 5 senses:
1. the possibility of future success
2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
3. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
4. the visual percept of a region
5. a prediction of the course of a disease
Familiarity information: PROSPECT used as a noun is common.
• PROSPECT (verb)
The verb PROSPECT has 2 senses:
1. search for something desirable
2. explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
Familiarity information: PROSPECT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROSPECT (noun)
Meaning:
The possibility of future success
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
prospect; chance
Context example:
his prospects as a writer are excellent
Hypernyms ("prospect" is a kind of...):
potency; potential; potentiality (the inherent capacity for coming into being)
Meaning:
Belief about (or mental picture of) the future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
expectation; outlook; prospect
Hypernyms ("prospect" is a kind of...):
belief (any cognitive content held as true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prospect"):
hope; promise (grounds for feeling hopeful about the future)
foretaste (an early limited awareness of something yet to occur)
possibility (a future prospect or potential)
anticipation; expectancy (something expected (as on the basis of a norm))
apprehension; misgiving (painful expectation)
Meaning:
Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
candidate; prospect
Hypernyms ("prospect" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
The visual percept of a region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
panorama; vista; view; aspect; scene; prospect
Context example:
the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Hypernyms ("prospect" is a kind of...):
visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prospect"):
background; ground (the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground)
tableau (any dramatic scene)
side view (a view from the side of something)
middle distance (the part of a scene between the foreground and the background)
glimpse (a brief or incomplete view)
foreground (the part of a scene that is near the viewer)
exposure (aspect re light or wind)
coast (the area within view)
Meaning:
A prediction of the course of a disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
medical prognosis; prognosis; prospect
Hypernyms ("prospect" is a kind of...):
medical diagnosis (identification a disease from its symptoms)
• PROSPECT (verb)
Meaning:
Search for something desirable
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
prospect a job
Hypernyms (to "prospect" is one way to...):
look; search (search or seek)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "prospect" is one way to...):
explore; research; search (inquire into)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
The men prospect the area for animals
The men prospect for animals in the area
