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prospective |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, n. 1. The scene before or around in time or in space; view; prospect. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Beau. & Fl From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] Time's long and dark prospective glass. --Milton. 2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to {retrospective}. The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too in this affair. --Sir J. Child. 3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as a prospective benefit. Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. --W. Jay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prospective adj 1: concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" [ant: {retrospective}] 2: anticipated for the near future; "the prospective students"; "his prospective bride" [syn: {prospective(a)}]
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