[ˈprɒspɛkt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring
(e.g: there was no prospect of a reconciliation)

- a person regarded as likely to succeed or as a potential customer, client, etc.
(e.g: Norwich's unbeaten heavyweight prospect)

- an extensive view of landscape
(e.g: a viewpoint commanding a magnificent prospect of the estuary)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting the action of looking towards a distant object): from Latin prospectus ‘view’, from prospicere ‘look forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + specere ‘to look’. Early use, referring to a view of landscape, gave rise to the meaning ‘mental picture’ (mid 16th century), whence ‘anticipated event’

[prəˈspɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- search for mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation
(e.g: the company is also prospecting for gold)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting the action of looking towards a distant object): from Latin prospectus ‘view’, from prospicere ‘look forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + specere ‘to look’. Early use, referring to a view of landscape, gave rise to the meaning ‘mental picture’ (mid 16th century), whence ‘anticipated event’