adj.

1. Likely or expected to happen.
2. Likely to become or be: prospective clients.

prospectively pro·spec'tive·ly adv.

adjective

Based on probability or presumption: assumptive, likely, presumable, presumptive, probable. Idioms: taken for granted. See belief/unbelief, likely/unlikely.

adj

Definition: anticipated, potential
Antonyms: agreed, concurred

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Future, in the future. A law or decision that is to be applied "prospectively" is to be applied only after the date it was enacted or decided. Constitutional decisions in the area of criminal procedure are often applied prospectively only to minimize the disruptive effect on law enforcement and the administration of justice. If the new decision does not affect the integrity of the fact finding process and represents a clear break from prior precedent, it will be applied prospectively only. 394 U.S. 244; 422 U.S. 531; 102 S. Ct. 2579. Compare retroactive.

Not yet done; in the future.

• p. history — maintaining a surveillance over a patient in order to accumulate a history of an illness after the initial attack.
• p. surveillance — an epidemiological strategy of maintaining a watch over a suspected population after an event.
• p. trial — in a field trial of a preventive or therapeutic regimen the trial can be conducted in a series of consequential or contingent steps with each step contingent on the results in the one preceding it.

IN BRIEF: Likely to come about.

If you are in the process of selling your house, it pays to have the odor of baked bread wafting about as a prospective buyer arrives. — Virginia Bentley

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som vedrører fremtiden, eventuel, vordende

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanstaand, verwacht

Français (French)
adj. - potentiel, futur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - voraussichtlich, zukünftig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μελλοντικός, πιθανός, επίδοξος, υποψήφιος

Italiano (Italian)
futuro, eventuale, probabile, sperato, potenziale, prospettivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prospectiva

Русский (Russian)
потенциальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - eventual, probable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blivande, framtida, framåtblickande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
有希望的, 将来的, 预期的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有希望的, 將來的, 預期的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 예기되는, 장래의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 予期された, 将来の, 見込みの, 先見の明のある, 未来の, 有望な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستقبلي, احتمالي, منتظر, متوقع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עתידי, צפוי, אפשרי, כמעט ודאי (מועמד)‬

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