prospect

CEFRC1

/ˈpɹɒspɛkt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The possibility or likelihood of a future event or result.

  2. 02

    noun

    A person or opportunity likely to become successful or useful.

Examples

  • The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world.

  • There is no immediate prospect of peace.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

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

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In context

  • Prospect is often better than possession.

  • 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.

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

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Origin

noun

From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus and prospekt. The verb is from the noun.