Definitions For Prospect

noun

• A prediction of the course of a disease
• The visual percept of a region
• Belief about (or mental picture of) the future
• Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
• The possibility of future success
• The possibility that something will happen in the future
• An opportunity for something to happen
• Someone or something that is likely to succeed or to be chosen

verb

• Explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
• Search for something desirable
• To search an area for gold, minerals, oil, etc.