Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
region which the eye overlooks at one time:
potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable:
Русский
By meaning 4
region which the eye overlooks at one time:
act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation:
potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable:
hope, hopeful:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
region which the eye overlooks at one time:
picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape:
relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face:
act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation:
potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable:
hope, hopeful:
music: façade of an organ:

Examples

76 sentences

  1. It's a depressing prospect.

    Це гнітюча перспектива. — deniko

    ruПерспектива удручающая. — odexed

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  2. The prospects for Japan's future look dismal.

    Перспективи майбутнього Японії виглядають гнітюче. — deniko

    ruПерспективы будущего Японии выглядят удручающе. — odexed

    deDie Aussichten für Japans Zukunft sind düster. — Tamy

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  3. What are the prospects for his recovery?

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Meaning

10 senses

  1. The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

    Aussicht, Perspektive, Erwartung

    перспекти́ваperspektíva

    перспекти́ваperspektýva

  2. A hope; a hopeful.

    Hoffnung, Talent, Kandidat

    наде́ждаnadéžda

  3. The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.

    Sicht, Perspektive

    видvid

    ви́глядvýhljad

More meanings 7

  1. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.

    Erwartung, Chance, Aussicht

    ожида́ниеožidánije

  2. A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.

    Aussicht, Blick

    видvid

    ви́глядvýhljad

  3. A relative position of the front of a building or other structure; a face; a relative aspect.

    Ausrichtung

  4. The façade of an organ.

    Ansicht

  5. A position affording a fine view; a lookout.

  6. Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.

  7. A potential client or customer.

More definitions
  • the possibility of future success
  • belief about (or mental picture of) the future
  • someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
  • the visual percept of a region

Origin

From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”),

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.

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Forms

plural: prospects
Singularprospect
Pluralprospects

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable:outcomeB2
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivednonprospectprospectlessunqualified prospect

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prosecuteB2prosecutionprosecutorproselytizeprospectiveC1prospectorprospectus

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