'Prospective' definitions:

Definition of 'prospective'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" [ant: retrospective]

Definition of 'Prospective'

From: GCIDE
  • Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, n.
  • 1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Prospective'

From: GCIDE
  • Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, a. [L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Time's long and dark prospective glass. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. [1913 Webster]
  • The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. --Sir J. Child. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. [1913 Webster]
  • Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. --W. Jay. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'prospective'

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Words containing 'Prospective'