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prospect

[pros-pekt] / ˈprɒs pɛkt /
NOUN
outlook for future
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anticipation chance expectation forecast future hope likelihood plan possibility probability promise proposal thought
STRONG
calculation contemplation expectancy odds opening presumption
WEAK
in the cards irons in the fire
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hopelessness impossibility unlikelihood
NOUN
landscape, vista
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aspect outlook view vision
STRONG
lookout overlook panorama perspective scape scene sight spectacle
VERB
look for; seek
Synonyms
STRONG
delve dig explore inquire investigate look probe search sift survey
WEAK
go after go into look into
Antonyms
STRONG
ignore
WEAK
miss overlook

Example Sentences

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In other words, there was the prospect it might not be, and not long later it did then see the light of day via the newspaper's investigations team.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Tech company fortunes appear to have been buoyed by the prospect of an extended U.S.-Iran cease-fire—initially set to expire April 22.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

A recent piece in Thompson’s Atlantic called this prospect “terrifying” and proposed a suite of solutions: disclosure policies, editor training on A.I. tells, detection software, penalties for violators.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne is more skeptical about the prospect of a lasting software recovery.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

But the prospect of solving the mystery of what happened to the Hunley and its crew drives the restorers on.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Vocabulary lists containing prospect

"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24

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A Doll's House

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