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prospect

('pr/A/sp/E/kt )

the possibility of future success(noun.state)

Example:
His prospects as a writer are excellent.

Synonym:
chance

source: wordnet30
belief about (or mental picture of) the future(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
expectation, outlook

source: wordnet30
someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)(noun.person)

Synonym:
candidate

source: wordnet30
the visual percept of a region(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
aspect, panorama, scene, view, vista

source: wordnet30
a prediction of the course of a disease(noun.act)

Synonym:
medical prognosis, prognosis

source: wordnet30
That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.(noun)

source: webster1913

search for something desirable(verb.perception)

Example:
Prospect a job.

source: wordnet30
explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals(verb.cognition)

source: wordnet30
To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.(verb)

source: webster1913

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