prospect
The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
Noun 4 meanings
The region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
A relative position of the front of a building or other structure; a face; a relative aspect.
Verb 2 meanings
To search, as for gold.
To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
Etymology
From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus and prospekt.
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PROSPECT at a glance
PROSPECT has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + S 1 + P 3 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,730 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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