prospective

[Pro*spec·tive]

If it's prospective, it hasn't happened yet. Prospective students are students who might attend a school in the future. If you visit any campus, you’ll see prospective students checking out the library, the dorms, and of course – the snack bar.

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Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

Adjective
concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"


n.
Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

n.
Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective.

n.
Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.

n.
The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.

n.
A perspective glass.


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.
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.
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.

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.

Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.

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Usage Examples

I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.

Never get married in college it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

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Other Usage Examples

The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account.

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.

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