Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prospective

/pɹəˈspɛktɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: prospec-tive
IPA: /pɹəˈspɛktɪv/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Likely or expected to happen or become.

adj

Anticipated in the near or far future.

adj

Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.

adj

Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.

adj

Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future

adj

Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.

noun

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

Obsolete

noun

A perspective glass.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted."
"A short distance above I-ch’ang is the prospective site of a hydroelectric dam that has vast promise for the industrialization of central China."
"And in times long and dark Proſpective Glaſs / Fore-ſaw what future dayes ſhould bring to paſs,"
"1668-1690, Josiah Child, A new discourse of trade The French king, and the king of Sweden are […] circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair."
"What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home."
"the whole Scene of affairs was changed from Spain to France there now lay the prospective"

Etymology

From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus. See more at English prospect.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prospectives (plural)

Derived Forms

prospectively prospectiveness pseudoprospective unprospective

Frequently Paired Words

inchoative

Rhymes With

effective perspective objective collective detective respective protective selective subjective directive ineffective reflective

Questions

How do you pronounce prospective?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈspɛktɪv/.
What does prospective mean?: Likely or expected to happen or become.
Where does prospective come from?: From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus. See more at English prospect.

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