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      prospect
      noun
      The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
      The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
      (sales) A potential client or customer.
      A hope; a hopeful.
      The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
      A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
      A position afford a fine view; a lookout.
      Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
      (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
      (music) The façade of an organ.
      A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
      An inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
      A suburb of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.
      A census-designated place in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
      A local government area in Adelaide, which includes the suburb; in full, the City of Prospect.
      verb
      (intransitive) To search, as for gold.
      (geology, mining) To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
      Roots
      propro- · Latin · forth, forwardspecio-spect · Latin · look, see
      Synonyms for prospect
      outlooknviewnvistanchancenexpectationnpossibilitynpanoramanpotentialadjaspectnlikelihoodnperspectivenfuturitynpotentialitynhopesv
      Words related to prospect
      prognosisnprospectiveadjcandidatenhopefuladjprospectornpromisingadjpotentiallyadvenvisionvcontemplatevenvisagevdrafteesncontemplator

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