prospective

Adjective
US[pruh-spek-tiv]/prəˈspɛktɪv/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. of or concerned with or related to the future“prospective earnings”“a prospective mother”“a prospective bride”“the statute is solely prospective in operation”Opposite retrospectiveSimilar likely, futureSee also future
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pro·spec′tive adjective

Origin: L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, noun

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

Time's long and dark prospective glass.— John 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 Josiah 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.— William Jay
Pro·spec′tive noun

1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir Henry Wotton

2. A perspective glass. obsolete Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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