prospect

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The region which the eye overlooks at one time

   The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

2. 2

   A picturesque or panoramic view

   A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.

   • I went to Putney, and other places on the Thames, to take prospects in crayon, to carry into France, where I thought to have them engraved.
   • The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.
3. 3

   A position affording a fine view

   A position affording a fine view; a lookout.

   • Him God beholding from his proſpect high, / Wherein paſt, preſent, future he beholds, / Thus to his onely Son forſeeing ſpake.
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   1. 4

      Relative position of the front of a building or other structure

      Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.

      • Their prospect was toward the south.
   2. 5

      The act of looking forward

      The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.

      • a very ill prospect of a future state
      • Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life?
   3. 6

      The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

      • The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end.
      • Prospects for the construction of a Channel tunnel now appear to be brighter than they have been for some time.
   4. 7

      A hope

      A hope; a hopeful.

   5. 8

      Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to…

      Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.

   6. 9

      A potential client or customer.

   7. 10

      The façade of an organ.

   8. 11

      To search, as for gold.

   9. 12

      To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.

   10. 13

       To have or afford a view

       To have or afford a view; to face or look out.

       • This poynte ſemethe as though it woolde inuade the monte Atlas in Aphrica. Foꝛ it pꝛoſpectethe [translating spectat] towarde that parte of Aphꝛike, whiche the poꝛtugales caule Caput Bonæ Sperantiæ.
       • Like Carpenters, within a VVood they chooſe / Sixteene faire Trees that neuer leaues doe looſe, / VVhoſe equall front in quadran forme proſpected, / As if of purpoſe Nature them erected: […]
   11. 14

       To look or face towards

       To look or face towards; to view.

       • […] [Andreas] Veſalius no leſſe taketh part agaynſt him, openyng the window of light, on the clearer ſide, pꝛoſpecting the Sunne, as manifeſtly appeareth by that is gone befoꝛe.
       • In this meane while Peter of Nauarro made certein cloaſe or couered Barks, with the which approaching in more ſuertie the walles of the Egg Caſtle, he caſt a mine on that ſide which proſpects Pizifalcona, […]
   12. 15

       A number of places in the United States

       A number of places in the United States:

   13. 16

       A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

   14. 17

       An inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

   15. 18

       A local government area in Adelaide, which includes the suburb

       A local government area in Adelaide, which includes the suburb; in full, the City of Prospect.

   16. 19

       A suburb of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.

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