prospect
pro spekt
- n the possibility of future success
his prospects as a writer are excellent - n belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- n someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- n the visual percept of a region
- n a prediction of the course of a disease
- v search for something desirable
prospect a job - v explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
- Tzipi Livni's inability to form a new ruling coalition will mean early elections next year, but they could ultimately boost prospects for an agreement with the Palestinians.
- As takeover interest in Cadbury grows and with it, the prospect of a big payday for the chocolate maker's shareholders pressure on the firm will mount.
- Two learned Britons this week looked with foreboding and gloom at America's prospects for postwar prosperity.