prospect
ਉਮੀਦ
definition
verb
the company is also prospecting for gold
search for mineral deposits in a place, especially by means of experimental drilling and excavation.
noun
there was no prospect of a reconciliation
the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.
clients deemed likely prospects for active party membership
a person regarded as likely to succeed or as a potential customer, client, etc..
example
But the reality is that women face a multitude of problems when deciding if and when to have a family, despite the 'prospect' of a childless future glaring at them from newspaper headlines.
Maybe the 'prospect' of the landscape turning into a tourist facility will force a political change in the end.
a viewpoint commanding a magnificent 'prospect' of the estuary
Information technology is currently doing much to change our perceptions, and space technology holds out a 'prospect' of infinite exploration.
From the point of view of the countryside and farming the 'prospect' was difficult to assess.
For example, it would clearly be unsatisfactory if the 'prospect' of some future challenge caused public development schemes to be suspended or delayed on a prolonged basis.
He said this with no indication of outrage or regret; he didn't rail against the 'prospect' of a posthuman future; he expressed no aversion to life as a pet.
The company is exploring the 'prospect' of making machine-made pots to meet the demand.
Other workers will view the 'prospect' with horror.
The 'prospect' of playing county finals yet again in the month of November, and perhaps even in December, seems to be staring us starkly in the face yet again this year.
Such is the scepticism with which many view the 'prospect' .
Let someone use your office for meeting a client or a 'prospect' .
this presents a disturbing 'prospect' of one-party government
What is most worrying for many potential buyers is the 'prospect' of taking on a massive mortgage and becoming trapped by a mountain of debt should anything go wrong.
Are they less happy with the 'prospect' of a future in an affluent and peaceful place, like France, than they are in the United Kingdom?
But as the boy reached the age of maturity and the boyhood locks were shorn from his head, she balked at the 'prospect' of yielding the throne to this half-royal heir.
More care taken might have procured me his sole company, but as it was I had to settle for sharing the evening with his date - a 'prospect' I viewed with distinctly mixed feelings.
And the deal seemed to give the firm a reasonable 'prospect' of future commercial success.
A terrifying and very likely true 'prospect' had fallen upon him.
Sadly, the reverse 'prospect' is more likely: that the cuts will remove better teachers from the system and leave it predominantly populated by the ineffective ones.
The 'prospect' of a park road sparked alarm when town redevelopment plans were unveiled last October.
there was no 'prospect' of a reconciliation
More than 100 residents evacuated from Edinburgh's Old Town area faced the 'prospect' of spending a second night in emergency accommodation.
And as the chuckles subsided, they pondered over the 'prospect' of their city yielding to the concrete bustle and losing its green sheen.
Suddenly however, you are faced with the 'prospect' of a new future.
Not since the Civil War has this nation faced the 'prospect' of seeing its cities and countryside turned into war zones.
The very fact that information will be collected focuses the mind, but the additional 'prospect' of publication undoubtedly stimulates better performance.
This time last year investors were happy to lay down a big deposit for the 'prospect' of growth years down the track.
Every year we respond to numerous phone calls from residents disturbed at the 'prospect' of more loss of koala habitat in their neighbourhood.
It is not a 'prospect' which he anticipates with much enthusiasm.
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