Prospective : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Prospective	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Prospective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prospective adj of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" Antonym(s): retrospective
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 \Prospec"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.