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prospective [prəˈspɛktɪv] adj
1. looking towards the future 2. (prenominal) anticipated or likely prospectively adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
prospective adjective 1. potential, possible, to come, about to be, upcoming, soon-to-be The story is a warning to other prospective buyers. 2. expected, coming, future, approaching, likely, looked-for, intended, awaited, hoped-for, anticipated, forthcoming, imminent, destined, eventual, on the cards The terms of the prospective deal are spelled out clearly. Translations prospective adj attr (= likely to happen) journey, return → voraussichtlich; (= future) son-in-law, owner → zukünftig; buyer → interessiert; prospective candidate → Kandidat(in) m(f); all the prospective cases → alle infrage or in Frage kommenden Fälle; prospective earnings → voraussichtliche Einkünfte pl How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He proceeded to give his prospective son-in-law a detailed lecture concerning the mismanagement of the field hospitals at the front, and having disposed of that subject, he opened a broadside attack upon the Admiralty. The title suggests all kinds of mysteries; a glance at the chapter-headings quickly confirms the suspicions already aroused, and the sub-title: "A Book for All and None", generally succeeds in dissipating the last doubts the prospective purchaser may entertain concerning his fitness for the book or its fitness for him. In the matter of wills, personal qualities were subordinate to the great fundamental fact of blood; and to be determined in the distribution of your property by caprice, and not make your legacies bear a direct ratio to degrees of kinship, was a prospective disgrace that would have embittered her life. |
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