to prospect

Definition of to prospect in English English dictionary: The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable; Any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team; The facade of an organ; {n} a view, an object of view, ground of expectation, reason to hope; (Ticaret) An identified potential consumer of a company's goods or services, often tracked in CRM, SFA or contact management systems; Someone's prospects are their chances of being successful, especially in their career. I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects; To search, as for gold; Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect; When people prospect for oil, gold, or some other valuable substance, they look for it in the ground or under the sea. He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the Gobi Desert to the Transvaal In fact, the oil companies are already prospecting not far from here. + prospecting pro·spect·ing He was involved in oil, zinc and lead prospecting. + prospector prospectors pro·spec·tor The discovery of gold brought a flood of prospectors into the Territories; the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals search for something desirable; "prospect a job; The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state; To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold; Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape; {f} search for valuable materials (such as gold, oil, etc.); examine an area for the presence of valuable materials; That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook; {i} chance, probability of advancement or success; hope, promise; view, vista, scene; outlook, perspective; potential customer (Economics); That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success; A position affording a fine view; a lookout; To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold; If there is some prospect of something happening, there is a possibility that it will happen. Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter There is a real prospect that the bill will be defeated in parliament; The potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable; A particular prospect is something that you expect or know is going to happen. They now face the prospect of having to wear a cycling helmet by law; the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"; explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals search for something desirable; "prospect a job