prospect

Meanings

Noun

• The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
• A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
• A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
• Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
• The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
• The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
• A hope; a hopeful.
• Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
• A potential client or customer.
• The façade of an organ.

Verb

• To search, as for gold.
• To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.

Origin

• From Latin prospectus, past participle of prospicere, from pro + specere, spicere, equivalent to pro- + -spect