prospective - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'prospective' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prospective

[ n.]

- Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective.
- Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.
- The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- A perspective glass.

Meaning of 'prospective' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prospective

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Meaning (1):
- of or concerned with or related to the future

Example in sentence:

a prospective bride;
a prospective mother;
prospective earnings;
the statute is solely prospective in operation

Nearby Words:

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Prospective reserve
Prospective reserve is in life insurance, the difference between the present value of future benefits and the present value of future net premiums.

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