PROSPECTIVE


Meaning of PROSPECTIVE in English

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

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