prospect

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒspɛkt/
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• General-American: präsʹpĕkt
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• General-American: /ˈpɹɑspɛkt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: prə-spĕktʹ
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈspɛkt/
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• rhymes with -ɛkt
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 S P EH0 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus and prospekt. The verb is from the noun.

Learned borrowing from Latin prōspectō.

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: տեսարան (tesaran) — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Armenian: տեսադաշտ (tesadašt) — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Belarusian: вы́гляд (výhljad) — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Bulgarian: изглед (izgled) — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Finnish: näkökenttä — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Finnish: näköala — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Finnish: näkymä — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• French: perspective — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Galician: perspectiva — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• German: Sicht — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• German: Perspektive — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Italian: prospettiva — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Occitan: perspectiva — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Portuguese: perspectiva — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Russian: вид (vid) — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Spanish: perspectiva — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Ukrainian: ви́гляд (výhljad) — region which the eye overlooks at one time
• Armenian: տեսարան (tesaran) — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Belarusian: вы́гляд (výhljad) — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Bulgarian: гледка (gledka) — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Finnish: maisema — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Galician: vista — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• German: Aussicht — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• German: Blick — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Russian: вид (vid) — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Spanish: vista — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Spanish: panorama — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Ukrainian: ви́гляд (výhljad) — picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape
• Finnish: julkisivu — relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face
• Finnish: kasvot — relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face
• German: Ausrichtung — relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face
• Bulgarian: очакване (očakvane) — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Finnish: eteenpäin katsominen — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Finnish: näkymä — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• French: perspective — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Galician: expectativa — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• German: Erwartung — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• German: Chance — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• German: Aussicht — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• German: Hoffnung — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Italian: lungimiranza — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Portuguese: expectativa — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Russian: ожида́ние (ožidánije) — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Spanish: expectativa — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Spanish: prospección — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Spanish: prospectiva — act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation
• Arabic: توقع — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Arabic: احتمال — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Arabic: أمل — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Arabic: إِمْكَانِيَّة (ʔimkāniyya) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Armenian: հեռանկար (heṙankar) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Belarusian: пэрспэкты́ва (perspektýva) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Bulgarian: перспектива (perspektiva) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Catalan: prospeccions — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Czech: vyhlídka — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Dutch: vooruitzicht — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Finnish: mahdollisuus — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Finnish: näkymä — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Finnish: tulevaisuudennäkymä — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• French: perspective — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Galician: expectativa — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Galician: perspectiva — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• German: Aussicht — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• German: Perspektive — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• German: Erwartung — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• German: Zukunftsaussicht — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Greek: προοπτική (prooptikí) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Hungarian: kilátás — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Italian: possibilità — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Italian: eventualità — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Japanese: 見通し (mitoushi) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Polish: perspektywa — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Portuguese: expectativa — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Russian: перспекти́ва (perspektíva) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Scottish Gaelic: dùil — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Spanish: perspectiva — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Spanish: expectativa — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Spanish: porvenir — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Spanish: prospecto — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Spanish: prospectiva — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Ukrainian: перспекти́ва (perspektýva) — potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable
• Bulgarian: надежда (nadežda) — hope, hopeful
• Finnish: toivo — hope, hopeful
• German: Hoffnung — hope, hopeful
• German: Talent — hope, hopeful
• German: Kandidat — hope, hopeful
• Russian: наде́жда (nadéžda) — hope, hopeful
• Finnish: varaus — sports: player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team
• Finnish: julkisivupillistö — music: façade of an organ
• Finnish: julkisivu — music: façade of an organ
• German: Ansicht — music: façade of an organ
• Bulgarian: търся (tǎrsja) — to search, as for gold
• Catalan: fer prospeccions — to search, as for gold
• Finnish: etsiä — to search, as for gold
• French: prospecter — to search, as for gold
• German: schürfen — to search, as for gold
• Māori: haurapa — to search, as for gold
• Polish: poszukiwać — to search, as for gold
• Portuguese: garimpar — to search, as for gold
• Russian: иска́ть (iskátʹ) — to search, as for gold
• Spanish: catear — to search, as for gold
• Arabic: تَنْقِيْب (tanqiyb) — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Bulgarian: проучвам (proučvam) — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Catalan: prospectar — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Chinese Mandarin: 勘探 (kāntàn) — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• French: prospecter — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Portuguese: prospectar — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Russian: разве́дка (razvédka) — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Spanish: prospectar — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Swedish: prospektera — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location
• Turkish: aramak — to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location