prospective
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Is prospective a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of prospective?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (medicine, of research) Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the futurenot-comparable
2. (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.Examples: "What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home."not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.Examples: "the whole Scene of affairs was changed from Spain to France there now lay the prospective"obsolete
2. (obsolete) A perspective glass.Examples: "[T]hey [two pavillions] were trimmed on the inside with rich armour and military furniture, hanged up as upon the walls; and behind the tents there were represented, in prospective, the tops of divers other tents, as if it had been a camp."obsolete
3. (informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.Examples: "Would you like to show the prospective around?"; "I'm meeting the prospectives at 3."; "At the moment, meeting interesting, 'could be, maybe not' prospectives around the globe keeps her entertained."informaloftenplural
Definition source: Wiktionary