prospective
adjective
1. of or concerned with or related to the future
- prospective earnings
- a prospective mother
- a prospective bride
Similar word(s): future, likely, potential, future
Sentences with prospective as an adjective:
- Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
noun
1. (obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
2. (obsolete) A perspective glass.
3. (informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
- Would you like to show the prospective around?
- I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.