Definitions for: Prospective

[adj] concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*spec"tive, a. [L. prospectivus: cf. F.
prospectif. See Prospect, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect;
perspective. [Obs.]

Time's long and dark prospective glass. --Milton.

2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed
to retrospective.

The French king of Sweden are circumspect,
industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
--Sir J.
Child.

3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or
contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a
prospective benefit.

Points on which the promises, at the time of
ordination, had no prospective bearing. --W. Jay.

Pro*spec"tive, n.
1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view;
prospect. --Sir H. Wotton.

2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.

Synonyms: expected, future, likely, potential

Antonyms: retrospective

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