prospective

Plural: prospectives

Adjective

• of or concerned with or related to the future
  • "prospective earnings"
  • "a prospective mother"
  • "a prospective bride"
  • "the statute is solely prospective in operation"

Adj

• Likely or expected to happen or become.
• Anticipated in the near or far future.
• Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
• Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
• Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
• Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.

Noun

• The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
• A perspective glass.
• A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.

Examples

• I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.
• Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
• What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home.
• Would you like to show the prospective around?

Antonyms

retrospective

Related Words

inchoative

Anagrams of prospective