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prospect
noun
1 prospect
The possibility of future success:
— His prospects as a writer are excellent.
synonym: chance.
Roget 121:
futurity,
futurition;
future,
hereafter,
time to come;
approaching time,
coming time,
subsequent time,
after time,
approaching age,
coming age,
subsequent age,
after age,
approaching days,
coming days,
subsequent days,
after days,
approaching hours,
coming hours,
subsequent hours,
after hours,
approaching ages,
coming ages,
subsequent ages,
after ages,
approaching life,
coming life,
subsequent life,
after life,
approaching years,
coming years,
subsequent years,
after years;
morrow;
millennium,
doomsday,
day of judgment,
crack of doom,
remote future.
approach of time advent,
time drawing on,
womb of time;
destiny
etc.
152;
eventuality.
heritage,
heirs posterity.
prospect
etc.
(expectation)
507;
foresight
etc.
510.
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Roget 472:
probability,
likelihood;
credibleness†;
likeliness
etc.
adj.;
vraisemblance [Fr.],
verisimilitude,
plausibility;
color,
semblance,
show of;
presumption;
presumptive evidence,
circumstantial evidence;
credibility.
reasonable chance,
fair chance,
good chance,
favorable chance,
reasonable prospect,
fair prospect,
good prospect,
favorable prospect;
prospect,
wellgrounded hope;
chance
etc.
156.
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Roget 152:
destiny
etc.
(necessity)
601;
future existence,
post existence;
hereafter;
future state,
next world,
world to come,
after life;
futurity
etc.
121;
everlasting life,
everlasting death;
life beyond the grave,
world beyond the grave;
prospect
etc.
(expectation)
507.
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2 prospect
Belief about (or mental picture of) the future.
synonyms: expectation, outlook.
Dutch: prospect, verwachting, vooruitzicht
Polish: widoki, perspektywa
3 prospect
Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).
synonym: candidate.
Dutch: kandidaat
Polish: aspirant, kandydat, pretendent
4 prospect
The visual percept of a region.
synonyms: aspect, panorama, scene, view, vista.
Roget 556:
painting;
depicting;
drawing
etc.
v.;
design;
perspective,
sciagraphy†,
skiagraphy†;
chiaroscuro
etc.
(light)
420;
composition;
treatment.
historical painting,
portrait painting,
miniature painting;
landscape painting,
marine painting;
still life,
flower painting,
scene painting;
scenography†.
school,
style;
the grand style,
high art,
genre,
portraiture;
ornamental art
etc.
847.
monochrome,
polychrome;
grisaille [Fr.].
pallet,
palette;
easel;
brush,
pencil,
stump;
black lead,
charcoal,
crayons,
chalk,
pastel;
paint
etc.
(coloring matter)
428;
watercolor,
body color,
oil color;
oils,
oil paint;
varnish
etc.
356.1,
priming;
gouache,
tempera,
distemper,
fresco,
water glass;
enamel;
encaustic painting;
mosaic;
tapestry.
photography,
heliography,
color photography;
sun painting;
graphics,
computer graphics.
picture,
painting,
piece [Fr.],
tableau,
canvas;
oil painting
&c.;
fresco,
cartoon;
easel picture,
cabinet picture,
draught,
draft;
pencil drawing
&c.,
water color drawing,
etching,
charcoal,
pen-and-ink;
sketch,
outline,
study.
photograph,
color photograph,
black-and-white photograph,
holograph,
heliograph;
daguerreotype,
talbotype†,
calotype†,
heliotype†;
negative,
positive;
print,
glossy print,
matte print;
enlargement,
reduction,
life-size print;
instant photo,
Polaroid photo.
technicolor,
Kodachrome,
Ektachrome;
Polaroid.
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
whole length,
full length,
half length;
kitcat,
head;
miniature;
shade,
silhouette;
profile.
landscape,
seapiece†;
view,
scene,
prospect;
panorama,
diorama;
still life.
picture gallery,
exhibit;
studio,
atelier;
pinacotheca†.
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Roget 507:
expectation,
expectance,
expectancy;
anticipation,
reckoning,
calculation;
foresight
etc.
510.
contemplation,
prospection†,
lookout;
prospect,
perspective,
horizon,
vista;
destiny
etc.
152.
suspense,
waiting,
abeyance;
curiosity
etc.
455;
anxious expectation,
ardent expectation,
eager expectation,
breathless expectation,
sanguine expectation;
torment of Tantalus.
hope
etc.
858;
trust
etc.
(belief)
484;
auspices
etc.
(prediction)
511;
assurance,
confidence,
presumption,
reliance.
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Roget 448:
appearance,
phenomenon,
sight,
spectacle,
show,
premonstration†,
scene,
species,
view,
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
lookout,
outlook,
prospect,
vista,
perspective,
bird's-eye view,
scenery,
landscape,
picture,
tableau;
display,
exposure,
mise en sc ne [Fr.];
rising of the curtain.
phantasm,
phantom
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443.
pageant,
spectacle;
peep-show,
raree-show,
gallanty-show;
ombres chinoises [Sp.];
magic lantern,
phantasmagoria,
dissolving views;
biograph†,
cinematograph,
moving pictures;
panorama,
diorama,
cosmorama†,
georama†;
coup de theatre,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
pageantry
etc.
(ostentation)
882;
insignia
etc.
(indication)
550.
aspect,
angle,
phase,
phasis†,
seeming;
shape
etc.
(form)
240;
guise,
look,
complexion,
color,
image,
mien,
air,
cast,
carriage,
port,
demeanor;
presence,
expression,
first blush,
face of the thing;
point of view,
light.
lineament feature trait lines;
outline,
outside;
contour,
face,
countenance,
physiognomy,
visage,
phiz. ,
cast of countenance,
profile,
tournure†,
cut of one s jib,
metoposcopy†;
outside
etc.
220.
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Dutch: vergezicht, vooruitzicht, uitzicht, straatbeeld
Polish: widok
5 prospect
A prediction of the course of a disease.
synonyms: medical prognosis, prognosis.
Roget 510:
foresight,
prospicience†,
prevision,
long-sightedness;
anticipation;
providence
etc.
(preparation)
673.
forethought,
forecast;
predeliberation†,
presurmise†;
foregone conclusion
etc.
(prejudgment)
481;
prudence
etc.
(caution)
864.
foreknowledge;
prognosis;
precognition,
prescience,
prenotion†,
presentiment;
second sight;
sagacity
etc.
(intelligence)
498;
antepast†,
prelibation†,
prophasis†.
prospect
etc.
(expectation)
507;
foretaste;
prospectus
etc.
(plan)
626.
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Dutch: prognose
Polish: prognoza, rokowanie
verb
1 prospect
Search for something desirable.
2 prospect
Explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals.
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