meaning of prospective
1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective.
3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.
4. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
5. A perspective glass.
6. anticipated for the near future; "the prospective students"; "his prospective
">bride"
Related Words
prospective | prospectively | prospectiveness |
