[
UK
/pɹəspˈɛktɪv/
]
[ US /pɹəˈspɛktɪv/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈspɛktɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of or concerned with or related to the future
the statute is solely prospective in operation
a prospective mother
a prospective bride
prospective earnings
How To Use prospective In A Sentence
- Companies need to be able to handle surges, otherwise the cost of generating leads is wasted and prospective customers who cannot get through may get such a bad impression of the company that they do not bother calling back.
- The stiff entrance examination removes 60 per cent of prospective students.
- Additional prospective, longitudinal research is needed to further elucidate the experiences and outcomes associated with lung transplantation.
- Parents and prospective students should take note. Times, Sunday Times
- Be cautious: many busy prospective employers are turned off by unsolicited phone calls.
- The prospective employer should contact the state board of nursing for issues previously reported.
- But again, if the subject is sensitive, the colloquy among the attorneys, prospective jurors, and judge can be held privately at the bench.
- Perceptual displacement of cues modulated performance of the prospective component but not the retrospective component.
- First to appear is one of the counsellors who answers the phone when prospective patients initially call. Times, Sunday Times
- As a result, Sheffield health chiefs are planning to ask the next two to three years' intake of prospective students to get vaccinated.