The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prospect \Pros"pect\, n. [L. prospectus, fr. prospicere,
   prospectum, to look forward; pro before, forward + specere,
   spicere, look, to see: cf. OF. prospect. See Spy, v., and
   cf. Prospectus.]
   1. That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which
      the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
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            His eye discovers unaware
            The goodly prospect of some foreign land. --Milton.
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   2. Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a
      landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
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            I went to Putney . . . to take prospects in crayon.
                                                  --Evelyn.
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   3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout. [R.]
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            Him God beholding from his prospect high. --Milton.
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   4. Relative position of the front of a building or other
      structure; face; relative aspect.
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            And their prospect was toward the south. --Ezek. xl.
                                                  44.
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   5. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a
      prospect of the future state. --Locke.
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            Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that
            lays designs only for a day, without any prospect
            to, or provision for, the remaining part of life ?
                                                  --Tillotson.
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   6. That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation;
      expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success.
      "To brighter prospects born." --Cowper.
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            These swell their prospectsd exalt their pride,
            When offers are disdain'd, and love deny'd. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prospect \Pros"pect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prospected; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Prospecting.]
   To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to
   prospect a district for gold.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prospect \Pros"pect\, v. i.
   To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the
   like; as, to prospect for gold.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prospect
    n 1: the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a
         writer are excellent" [syn: prospect, chance]
    2: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn:
       expectation, outlook, prospect]
    3: someone who is considered for something (for an office or
       prize or honor etc.) [syn: candidate, prospect]
    4: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
       of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect,
       prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
    5: a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis,
       prospect, medical prognosis]
    v 1: search for something desirable; "prospect a job"
    2: explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as
       minerals

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

224 Moby Thesaurus words for "prospect":
   aftertime, afteryears, airscape, anticipation, aptitude, aspect,
   aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, bare possibility,
   by-and-by, certainty, chance, chances, cheerful expectation,
   cityscape, client, cloudscape, command, conceivability,
   conceivableness, confidence, contemplation, contingency,
   conviction, course ahead, crystal ball, customer, dekko,
   delve into, dependence, design, desire, determinism, dig into,
   discretion, distant future, domination, doomed hope, envisagement,
   envisionment, even chance, eventuality, expectancy, expectation,
   explore, eye, eyeful, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight,
   fair expectation, fair prospect, faith, farseeingness,
   farsightedness, favorable prospect, fervent hope, field of view,
   field of vision, forecast, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse,
   forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight, foresightedness,
   forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, go,
   good chance, good cheer, good hope, good possibility,
   great expectations, hereafter, high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis,
   hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, horizon,
   immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, in prospect,
   in sight, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind,
   in view, intention, ken, landscape, leer, leering look, liability,
   likelihood, likeliness, likely, limit of vision, line of sight,
   longsightedness, look, look for, look-in, looking ahead, lookout,
   lustful leer, mark, mine, naked eye, near future, odds, off chance,
   offing, on the horizon, on the table, opportunity, outlook,
   outlook over, outside chance, outside hope, pan, pan for gold,
   panorama, patron, perspective, plan, possibilities, possibility,
   possible, possibleness, posteriority, potential, potentiality,
   prayerful hope, prediction, preparation, prepublication,
   presumption, presumptive evidence, preview, prevision, probabilism,
   probability, probable, project, projected, promise, prophecy,
   prospection, prospects, providence, provision, prudence, quarry,
   range, readiness, reasonable ground, reasonable hope, regard,
   regular, regular customer, reliance, remote possibility,
   riverscape, sagacity, sanguine expectation, scan, scape, scene,
   scenery, scenic view, scope, scope of vision, search for, seascape,
   security, sidelong look, sift, sight, sightliness, skyscape,
   sly look, small hope, spectacle, sucker, survey, sweep, tendency,
   the attainable, the feasible, the future, the morrow, the possible,
   the sweet by-and-by, thinkability, thinkableness, thought,
   time ahead, time just ahead, time to come, tomorrow, townscape,
   trust, unastonishment, verisimilitude, view, virtuality, vista,
   waterscape, well-grounded hope, what is possible, what may be,
   what might be



The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

PROSPECT, n.  An outlook, usually forbidding.  An expectation, usually
forbidden.

    Blow, blow, ye spicy breezes --
        O'er Ceylon blow your breath,
    Where every prospect pleases,
        Save only that of death.
                                                         Bishop Sheber


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Prospect, NY -- U.S. village in New York
   Population (2000):    330
   Housing Units (2000): 138
   Land area (2000):     0.203553 sq. miles (0.527200 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.203553 sq. miles (0.527200 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            59883
   Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
   Location:             43.303671 N, 75.152190 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Prospect, NY
    Prospect


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Prospect, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    690
   Housing Units (2000): 248
   Land area (2000):     2.697494 sq. miles (6.986476 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.697494 sq. miles (6.986476 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            53950
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             34.729295 N, 79.220714 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Prospect, NC
    Prospect


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Prospect, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
   Population (2000):    1191
   Housing Units (2000): 490
   Land area (2000):     0.724938 sq. miles (1.877580 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.724938 sq. miles (1.877580 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            64780
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             40.451346 N, 83.186521 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     43342
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Prospect, OH
    Prospect


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Prospect, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    1234
   Housing Units (2000): 518
   Land area (2000):     4.776167 sq. miles (12.370215 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000786 sq. miles (0.002035 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.776953 sq. miles (12.372250 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            62752
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             40.904113 N, 80.046430 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     16052
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Prospect, PA
    Prospect


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Prospect, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
   Population (2000):    4657
   Housing Units (2000): 1847
   Land area (2000):     4.020251 sq. miles (10.412402 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.004028 sq. miles (0.010432 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.024279 sq. miles (10.422834 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            63264
   Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
   Location:             38.340126 N, 85.605627 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     40059
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Prospect, KY
    Prospect