prospector

prospect | American Dictionary

prospect
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈprɑs·pekt/

prospectnoun[C/U] (POSSIBILITY)

the possibility or likelihood that something will happen:
[ C ]Losing the elections is a prospect that still appears unlikely.
[ U ]She smiled at the prospect of seeing him again.
[ pl ]Prospects (= Chances for success) in the computer industry are excellent.
prospect
verb[ I ]
us/ˈprɑs·pekt/

prospectverb[I] (SEARCH)

to search for gold, oil, or other valuable substances on or under the surface of the earth

prospector

noun[ C ]us/ˈprɑsˌpek·tər/
a prospector searching for gold

prospect | Business English

prospect
noun
uk /ˈprɒspekt/us
[ C or U ]
the possibility that something might happen in the future, especially something good:
there is little/no prospect of sthThere is little prospect of the trade embargo being lifted this year.
Is there any prospect that serious change in the administration's economic policies could emerge from this session?
 prospects
[ plural ]
the possibility of being successful in the future:
The market remains sceptical about the bank's prospects.
prospects for sthInvestors are becoming increasingly excited about prospects for the new drug.
The growth prospects of the medical and health care equipment industry are promising.
sb's career/job prospectsHaving a wide range of interests can improve your job prospects.
business/economic/financial prospects
 in prospectformal
likely to happen in future:
Another rise in interest rates is in prospect.
[ S ]
the fact that something might or will happen in the future:
The company faces the prospect of a new competitor entering the market with a better offer.
These sanctions raise the prospect of a damaging Pacific trade war.
[ C ] MARKETING
a possible future customer:
Frequently, a salesperson has only a limited amount of time for contact with customers and prospects.
[ C ] HR
a person who might be chosen as an employee:
a prospect for sthWe will interview four more prospects for the post this afternoon.
[ C ]
someone or something that is likely to succeed in the future:
This product was clearly a better prospect for advertisers.
prospect
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈprɒspekt/us
NATURAL RESOURCES
to search for gold, oil, or other valuable substances on or under the surface of the Earth:
prospect for sthThe company will begin prospecting for diamonds in northwest Russia under a new joint venture.
to try to achieve, create, or find something:
prospect for sthThe internet promises one of the cheapest methods of prospecting for new clients.

Examples of prospect

prospect
In peri-urban areas, land holds out the prospect of higher returns from realestate development than from farming.
In so doing, it is salutary to measure the performance of the parties against their assessments of the prospects.
The prevailing dynamic of party clientelism has remained untouched, limiting the prospects for effective, far-reaching reform.
We believe that convergence is unlikely any time soon without radical restructuring of global economic growth prospects.
The study of sacral places offers special prospects in this respect.
The prospect of eight levels of attainment in the revised curriculum of 2000 held out little hope for a more reasonable approach.
A third, more challenging, prospect would be the creation of a new model of assessment of creative music making.
Some political scientists have demonstrated how the prospects for democratization are enhanced by wars.
The prospect of a deeper scientific understanding of ageing processes and their technical manipulation is encouraging the ' biologisation' of old age.
I also do not think that the only future for museums that do want to become more popular is a 'gloomy prospect of complete commodification'.
On the other, torments surface about restricted occupational prospects and tedium.
Furthermore, even for scholars who are dubious about the prospects for generalization or uninterested in its pursuit, theoretical explorations of historical causation remain important.
In prospect theory, loss delivers this exaggerated sting because losses are measured against the actor's reference point, not the actor's net asset position.
Within the bureaucracy of the multi-tiered health service, there was little prospect of them exercising any real user influence.
But the prospect of affirmative strategic behaviour by minorities counts against the standard simple-majority scheme and makes absolute majority rule a real alternative.
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Collocations withprospect

prospect

These are words often used in combination with prospect.

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alarming prospect
It may be that the thought of younger users having such power was, for some respondents, an alarming prospect.
attractive prospect
At first glance, this seems an attractive prospect, since the president is an individual actor whose constitutional position is unusually ambiguous and whose political situation is uniquely complex.
best prospect
Since the minimax regret chooser has intransitive preferences, there is no bestprospect.
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