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Antonyms for prospecting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pros-pekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒs pɛkt


Definition of prospecting

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.
  • verb look for; seek
Example sentences :
  • The one who afterwards gave the name of Dunn, answered, 'Prospecting a little.'
  • Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth
  • “Prospecting” is generally taken to mean searching for gold.
  • Extract from : « Spinifex and Sand » by David W Carnegie
  • Prospecting his needs is part of your job as a salesman of yourself.
  • Extract from : « Certain Success » by Norval A. Hawkins
  • Prospecting of the sort they did, besides proving unfruitful, is not comfortable.
  • Extract from : « Lin McLean » by Owen Wister
  • "Prospecting trips" is the name Edwards gives to his frequent journeys to the publishing center of the country.
  • Extract from : « The Fiction Factory » by John Milton Edwards
  • Prospecting for alluvial gold at shallow depths is a comparatively easy process, requiring no great amount of technical knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Getting Gold » by J. C. F. Johnson
  • Prospecting the higher slopes, silver ore was discovered, and a host of miners came in, and began digging on all the hills.
  • Extract from : « The Crest of the Continent » by Ernest Ingersoll
  • Prospecting of the bed has proved very satisfactory, and the shares in the company's stock have sold at a high rate.
  • Extract from : « History of the State of California » by John T. Frost
  • Prospecting parties swarmed out of town with the first flush of dawn, and swarmed in again at nightfall laden with spoil—rocks.
  • Extract from : « Roughing It » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Prospecting for his illusion, his last journey was over the Peruvian Andes into Colombia.
  • Extract from : « The Sea and the Jungle » by H. M. Tomlinson

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