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What does "prospective" mean?

Prospective: Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. Sir J. Child.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. W. Jay.
  2. 3.The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir H. Wotton.
  3. 4.A perspective glass. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.

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