0 the possibility that something good might happen in the future:
[ + that ] There's not much prospect that this war will be over soon.
There's every prospect of success.
Prospects of/for (= opportunities for) employment remain bleak for most people in the area.
The prospect of spending three whole days with her fills me with horror.
We'll be interviewing four more prospects for the jobs this afternoon.
1 a good view of a large land area or of a city:
From the restaurant there was a marvellous prospect of/over the valley and the mountains beyond.
2 to search for gold, oil, or other valuable substances on or under the surface of the earth:
3 the possibility or likelihood that something will happen:
4 to search for gold, oil, or other valuable substances on or under the surface of the earth
5 the possibility that something might happen in the future, especially something good:
6 the possibility of being successful in the future:
8 the fact that something might or will happen in the future:
11 someone or something that is likely to succeed in the future:
12 to search for gold, oil, or other valuable substances on or under the surface of the Earth:
Spending 12 hours on a plane isn't a very attractive prospect.
The prospect of parenthood filled her with horror.
She's relishing the prospect of studying in Bologna for six months.
In peri-urban areas, land holds out the prospect of higher returns from realestate development than from farming.
In so doing, it is salutary to measure the performance of the parties against their assessments of the prospects.
The prevailing dynamic of party clientelism has remained untouched, limiting the prospects for effective, far-reaching reform.
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