prospective (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *prospective*:
ADJECTIVE	all	prospective	of or concerned with or related to the future

prospective > pronunciation
Sounds	prahspeh'ktihv
Rhymes	abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv...

English > *prospective*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Of or concerned with or related to the future.
Examples	"prospective earnings" "a prospective mother" "a prospective bride" "the statute is solely prospective in operation"
Narrower	future	effective in or looking toward the future
Narrower	likely, potential	Expected to become or be
See also	future	yet to be or coming
Opposite	retrospective	concerned with or related to the past
Spanish	futuro, previsto, probable, prospectivo
Catalan	probable

HyperDic: prospective