Definition of Prospective

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Prospective

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.

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Prospective Quotations

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.
William Glasser

The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account.
David Ogilvy

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
Elbert Hubbard

I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.
David Sedaris

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't "sail" anyway. Send it back for further thought.
Donald Rumsfeld

By providing our school districts with direct access to criminal information records, we can help ensure timely and complete information on prospective school employees.
Jon Porter

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.
Dabney Coleman

Should we freeze or postpone prospective tax cuts and avoid any new tax cuts until we are sure we have the money to pay for the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq.
Tim Russert

Prospective Translations

prospective in German is vorausblickend, weitsichtig, voraussichtlich
prospective in Spanish is probable

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