(adj) of or concerned with or related to the future, Ant.retrospective, Example: prospective earnings; a prospective mother; a prospective bride; the statute is solely prospective in operation
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Time's long and dark prospective glass. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. [ 1913 Webster ]
The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. Sir J. Child. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. [ 1913 Webster ]
Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. W. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]
[かじみならい, kajiminarai] (n) apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping [Add to Longdo]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
