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- pronunciation:
- pr
spek
tihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
likely or expected.
The investors were already planning how to spend their prospective profits.- synonyms:
- expected, likely
- similar words:
- approaching, eventual, forthcoming, future, impending, looming
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| definition 2: |
likely or intended to become.
prospective students- synonyms:
- intended, likely
- similar words:
- future, incoming, possible, potential
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| related words: |
overdue |
(adj.)prospective
+ noun
administrator,
adopter,
adoption,
adviser,
applicant,
attitude,
bidder,
borrower,
bride,
buyer,
candidate,
client,
cohort,
competitor,
customer,
design,
developer,
donor,
educator,
employee,
employer,
estimate,
evaluation,
faculty,
gang,
graduate,
groom,
hire,
homeowner,
host,
immigrant,
investor,
juror,
landlord,
lover,
major,
mate,
member,
membership,
migrant,
neighbor,
nominee,
owner,
ownership,
parent,
participant,
partner,
patient,
payment,
pilot,
purchaser,
recipient,
recruit,
reference,
reimbursement,
renter,
seller,
spouse,
student,
study,
supervisor,
teacher,
tenant,
trial,
user,
vendor,
voter,
witness
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| derivation: |
prospectively (adv.) |
The word prospective
contains the following parts:
pro-1
Latin
prefix
that means before, forward, forth
  Example words:
procedure, proceed, proclaim, proclivity, procrastinate, procreate, procumbent, procure, prodigal, produce, profane, profess, proffer, proficient, profound, profuse, progenitor, progeny, progress, project, projectile, prolate, prolix, prominent, promise, promote, promulgate, pronominal, pronoun, propagate, propel, propensity, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, prorogue, proscribe, prosecute, prospect, prospective, prospectus, protect, protract, protrude, protuberant, proverb, proverbial, provide, provident, proviso, provoke, provost
spect, spec, spic, spectro
Latin
root
that means to see, look, watch
Example words:
aspect, auspicious, circumspect, conspectus, conspicuous, despicable, despise, expectation, inauspicious, inconspicuous, inspect, inspector, introspect, introspective, irrespective, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, prospect, prospective, prospectus, respect, respective, retrospect, retrospective, special, species, specific, specify, specimen, specious, spectacle, spectacular, spectator, specter, spectrograph, spectrometer, spectroscope, spectrum, speculate, speculum, suspect, suspicious
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