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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#m1)

2) An event you expect: «the prospect of a holiday». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#m2)

3) prospects (plural) Chances of success in the future, especially in a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#m3)

4) A person likely to be chosen, or a good player for the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#m4)

5) (literary) A wide view of land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#m5)

6) verb To search land for gold, oil or minerals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#m6)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x1)
- There is no prospect of the rain stopping soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x2)
- She is the club's brightest prospect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x3)
- Good exam results improve your job prospects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x4)
- Miners came to prospect for gold in the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x5)
- From the hilltop we had a fine prospect of the valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x6)
- I don't like the prospect of a long car journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x7)
- He immediately started off, delighted at the prospect of trying his sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1148/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prospect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prospect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.