Prospective

Definitions

1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
   obsolete
2. A perspective glass.
   obsolete
3. A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
   informal, often, plural

Equivalents

Examples

“the whole Scene of affairs was changed from Spain to France there now lay⟳ the prospective”

“[T]hey [two pavillions] were trimmed on the inside with rich armour and military furniture, hanged up as upon the walls; and behind the tents there were represented, in prospective, the tops of divers other tents, as if it had been a camp.”

“Would you like⟳ to show⟳ the prospective around?”

“I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.”

“At the moment, meeting interesting, 'could be, maybe not' prospectives around the globe keeps her entertained.”

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