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- (noun): The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- (noun): A perspective glass.
- (noun): (often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
- (adjective): Likely or expected to happen or become.
- (adjective): Anticipated in the near or far future.
- (adjective): Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- (adjective): Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- (adjective): (of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
- (adjective): (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
- I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.
- Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
- What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home.