prospect.
The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
Meaning & usage
The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
A relative position of the front of a building or other structure; a face; a relative aspect.
The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
A hope; a hopeful.
Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
A potential client or customer.
The façade of an organ.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus and prospekt. The verb is from the noun.
To search, as for gold.
To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus and prospekt. The verb is from the noun.
To have or afford a view; to face or look out.
To look or face towards; to view.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin prōspectō.
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