English Dictionary: Prospective | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Prospective | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. --Milton. 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. --Sir J. Child. 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. --W. Jay. |