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Antonyms for prospect

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pros-pekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒs pɛkt


Definition of prospect

Origin :
  • early 15c., "act of looking into the distance," from Latin prospectus "distant view, look out; sight, faculty of sight," noun use of past participle of prospicere "look out on, look forward," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "extensive view of the landscape" is from 1530s; transferred sense of "mental view or survey" is from 1620s. Sense of "person or thing considered promising" is from 1922. Prospects "expectations, things looked forward to" is from 1660s.
  • noun outlook for future
  • noun landscape, vista
  • verb look for; seek
Example sentences :
  • The view from the Prospect, however, is the town's chief present glory.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • Uninterrupted, they marched to within a few hundred yards of Prospect Hill.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Some on 'Prospect,'—'Hermitage'—and 'Woodland' treat all right.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 » by Works Projects Administration
  • Prospect of war the cause of the formation of the Royal Flying Corps.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • There was a house on Prospect Street, nearly finished, and I engaged it.
  • Extract from : « The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism » by A. Leah Underhill
  • It was fifteen miles to Prospect, where our nearest forces were.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry » by Marion Morrison
  • Entrenchments had been thrown up on Prospect and Winter Hills.
  • Extract from : « The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill » by John T. McIntyre
  • The provincials did the same, on Prospect Hill, in front of them.
  • Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 » by Various
  • Towards the close of 1712 Tickell published his poem on the Prospect of Peace.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 » by Alexander Pope
  • The climax of the season was the fancy dress dance at the Prospect House.
  • Extract from : « Rough-Hewn » by Dorothy Canfield

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