Prospective

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A perspective glass.

II. Prospective ·noun The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.

III. Prospective ·noun Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

IV. Prospective ·noun Looking forward in time; acting with foresight;

— opposed to retrospective.

V. Prospective ·noun Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.

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