prospect

[ pros-pekt ]

/ ˈprɒs pɛkt /

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noun

Usually prospects.

an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc.
the outlook for the future: good business prospects.

anticipation; expectation; a looking forward.

something in view as a source of profit.

a potential or likely customer, client, etc.

a potential or likely candidate.

a view, especially of scenery; scene.

outlook or view over a region or in a particular direction.

a mental view or survey, as of a subject or situation.

Mining.

an apparent indication of ore or native metal.
a place giving such indications.
a mine working or excavation undertaken in a search for additional ore.

Archaic. sight; range of vision.

verb (used with object)

to search or explore (a region), as for gold.

to work (a mine or claim) experimentally in order to test its value.

verb (used without object)

to search or explore a region for gold or the like.

Idioms for prospect

in prospect, under consideration; expected; in view: He had no other alternative in prospect.

Origin of prospect

1400–50; late Middle English prospecte < Latin prōspectus outlook, view. See prospectus

SYNONYMS FOR prospect

6, 7 See view.

7, 8 perspective.

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OTHER WORDS FROM prospect

pros·pect·less, adjective pros·pec·tor

[pros-pek-ter, pruh-spek-ter] /ˈprɒs pɛk tər, prəˈspɛk tər/, noun non·pros·pect, noun un·der·pros·pect, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for prospecting

Prospecting generally was done by organized parties numbering anywhere from five to fifty men.

The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 |Various
Prospecting for alluvial gold at shallow depths is a comparatively easy process, requiring no great amount of technical knowledge.

Getting Gold |J. C. F. Johnson
Prospecting to find out just how much that hundred thousand or two or three you've sunk in me is worth.

No. 13 Washington Square |Leroy Scott
Prospecting of the sort they did, besides proving unfruitful, is not comfortable.

Lin McLean |Owen Wister

“Prospecting” is generally taken to mean searching for gold.

Spinifex and Sand |David W Carnegie

British Dictionary definitions for prospecting

prospect

noun (ˈprɒspɛkt)

(sometimes plural) a probability or chance for future success, esp as based on present work or aptitude a good job with prospects

a vision of the future; what is foreseen; expectation she was excited at the prospect of living in London; unemployment presents a grim prospect

a view or scene, esp one offering an extended outlook

a prospective buyer, project, etc

a survey or observation

mining

a known or likely deposit of ore
the location of a deposit of ore
a sample of ore for testing
the yield of mineral obtained from a sample of ore

verb (prəˈspɛkt)

(when intr, often foll by for) to explore (a region) for gold or other valuable minerals

(tr) to work (a mine) to discover its profitability

(intr often foll by for) to search (for)

Derived forms of prospect

prospectless, adjective

Word Origin for prospect

C15: from Latin prōspectus distant view, from prōspicere to look into the distance, from prō- forward + specere to look

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verb (used without object)

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