prospect

Noun

Singular prospect

Plural prospects

1. (countable) A prospect is what you think will happen in the future. <> abu mai yiwuwa

   There's a good prospect of this building being converted into a school. <> Akwai mai yiwuwa wannan ginin zai zamo makaranta.

2. (countable) Your prospects are your chances of moving forward in your job or in your life. <> Prospects ɗinku shi ne damar da kuke da musamman a fannin samun aiki a rayuwar ka.

   So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a teacher.

   A new place offered some prospect of new beginnings.

   We are very worried about her prospects.

3. (countable) A prospect is somebody that think will do well in the future.

   At 18, she is one of Britain's best prospects for an Olympic medal in Barcelona this summer.

4. (countable) A prospect is somebody who might be a customer or worker in the future.

   Your best prospects are your previous customers.

Synonyms

• expectation
• anticipation
• possibility
• opportunity
• potential

Related words

• prospective

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) prospect

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) prospects

Past tense (ya wuce) prospected

Past participle (ya wuce) prospected

Present participle (ana cikin yi) prospecting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you prospect for something valuable, such as gold or oil, you search an area for it.

   Anglo-United was not the only company prospecting for gold in the early eighties.