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Prospective (adjective)
Likely or expected to happen or become.
“Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.”
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Prospective (adjective)
Anticipated in the near or far future.
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Prospective (adjective)
Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
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Prospective (adjective)
Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
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Prospective (adjective)
A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
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Prospective (adjective)
Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
“What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home”.”
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Prospective (noun)
The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
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Prospective (noun)
A perspective glass.
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Prospective (noun)
A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
“Would you like to show the prospective around?”
“I’m meeting the prospectives at 3.”
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Perspective (noun)
A view, vista or outlook.
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Perspective (noun)
The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
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Perspective (noun)
The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
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Perspective (noun)
An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
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Perspective (noun)
The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
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Perspective (noun)
The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
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Perspective (noun)
A perspective glass.
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Perspective (noun)
A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
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Perspective (adjective)
Of, in or relating to perspective.
“a perspective drawing”
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Perspective (adjective)
Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.
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Prospective (adjective)
expected or expecting to be the specified thing in the future
“she showed a prospective buyer around the house”
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Prospective (adjective)
likely to happen at a future date
“a meeting to discuss prospective changes in government legislation”
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Perspective (noun)
the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other
“the theory and practice of perspective”
“a perspective drawing”
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Perspective (noun)
the appearance of viewed objects with regard to their relative position, distance from the viewer, etc.
“a trick of perspective”
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Perspective (noun)
a view or prospect.
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Perspective (noun)
the relation of two figures in the same plane, such that pairs of corresponding points lie on concurrent lines, and corresponding lines meet in collinear points.
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Perspective (noun)
a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view
“most guidebook history is written from the editor’s perspective”
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Perspective (noun)
true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion
“we must keep a sense of perspective about what he’s done”
“though these figures shock, they need to be put into perspective”
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Perspective (noun)
an apparent spatial distribution in perceived sound.