prospect

«prospect» in Mova's school dictionary: The possibility that something will happen: «There is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a prospect, prospects); verb (prospect, prospects, prospected, prospecting)

meaning for a pupil

1) The possibility that something will happen: «There is little prospect of rain.» tree →

2) An event you expect: «the prospect of a holiday». tree →

3) prospects (plural) Chances of success in the future, especially in a job. tree →

4) A person likely to be chosen, or a good player for the future. tree →

5) (literary) A wide view of land. tree →

6) verb To search land for gold, oil or minerals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and talk: «the prospect of a day at the beach», «a bright young prospect» in sport. In history and geography: gold prospectors searched in California, Australia and the Yukon. In adult talk: «job prospects». Phrases: «in prospect», «the prospect of», «good prospects», «prospect for gold».

examples

• The prospect of a snow day made us all cheer. tree →
• There is no prospect of the rain stopping soon. tree →
• She is the club's brightest prospect. tree →
• Good exam results improve your job prospects. tree →
• Miners came to prospect for gold in the hills. tree →
• From the hilltop we had a fine prospect of the valley. tree →
• I don't like the prospect of a long car journey. tree →
• He immediately started off, delighted at the prospect of trying his sword. tree →

note

Stress: noun PROS-pect; verb pros-PECT or PROS-pect. Someone who prospects is a «prospector». Do not confuse with «perspective». Plural «prospects» often means future chances.

In the corpora

• And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prospect» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.