prospect

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the possibility of future success
  2. noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future
  3. noun someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

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. The verb is from the noun.

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chance

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