transcription, транскрипция: [ prəspektɪv, AM prɑ:- ]
1.
You use prospective to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned.
The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers...
When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn’t hire him.
= would-be
ADJ : ADJ n
2.
You use prospective to describe something that is likely to happen soon.
...the terms of the prospective deal.
ADJ : ADJ n