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  • 1prospect for — phr verb Prospect for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑gold …

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  • 2Prospect, Connecticut —   Town   Flag …

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  • 3prospect — [präs′pekt΄] n. [ME prospecte < L prospectus, lookout < prospicere, to look forward < pro , forward + specere, to look: see SPY] 1. a) a broad view; scene b) a place affording such a view 2. a mental view or examination; survey 3. t …

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  • 4Prospect — Pros pect, v. i. To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5prospect — ▪ I. prospect pros‧pect 1 [ˈprɒspekt ǁ ˈprɑː ] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a possibility that something which you hope for will happen soon: prospect of • There is little real prospect of significant economic growth. 2. prospects [plural] c …

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  • 6prospect — pros|pect1 W2S2 [ˈprɔspekt US ˈpra: ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: prospectus, from the past participle of prospicere to look forward ] 1.) [U and C] the possibility that something will happen prospect of doing sth ▪ I see no prospect of… …

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  • 7Prospect, Maine — Infobox Settlement official name = Prospect, Maine settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Prospect (in yellow) in Waldo County and the state of Maine mapsize1 = map… …

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  • 8prospect — I UK [ˈprɒspekt] / US [ˈprɑsˌpekt] noun Word forms prospect : singular prospect plural prospects *** 1) [countable/uncountable] the possibility that something will happen, especially something good prospect for: The prospects for employment in… …

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  • 9prospect — pros|pect1 [ pras,pekt ] noun *** ▸ 1 possibility of something ▸ 2 something you expect to happen ▸ 3 chances of success ▸ 4 someone likely to succeed ▸ 5 possible/likely customer ▸ 6 view of wide area 1. ) count or uncount the possibility that… …

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  • 10prospect — ♦♦ prospects, prospecting, prospected (The noun is pronounced [[t]prɒ̱spekt, AM prɑ͟ː [/t]]u>. The verb is pronounced [[t]prəspe̱kt, AM prɑ͟ːspekt[/t]]u> and is hyphenated pro+spect.) 1) N VAR: with supp, oft N of n/ ing If there is some… …

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