prospective
pruh spek tiv
- a of or concerned with or related to the future
prospective earnings
a prospective mother
a prospective bride
the statute is solely prospective in operation
- While Freer has since been approved to adopt a daughter from Ethiopia, she is one of a growing number of prospective parents who are unable to adopt from China under new laws .
- As many as half of fertilized eggs naturally miscarry, usually before the prospective mother even knows she was pregnant.
- Three polls, taken in May, August, and September, show him leading his prospective Democratic opponents, but receiving less than 45% of the vote.