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prospect for gold

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  • prospect for — phr verb Prospect for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑gold …   Collocations dictionary

  • Gold in California — became highly concentrated there as the result of global forces operating over hundreds of millions of years. Volcanoes, tectonic plates and erosion all combined to concentrate billions of dollars worth of gold in the mountains of California.… …   Wikipedia

  • prospect — [präs′pekt΄] n. [ME prospecte < L prospectus, lookout < prospicere, to look forward < pro , forward + specere, to look: see SPY] 1. a) a broad view; scene b) a place affording such a view 2. a mental view or examination; survey 3. t …   English World dictionary

  • Prospect — Pros pect, v. i. To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prospect — I n. anticipated outcome a bleak, grim; inviting; rosy prospect II v. (D; intr.) to prospect for (to prospect for gold) * * * [ prɒspekt] grim inviting rosy prospect [ anticipated outcome ] a bleak (D; intr.) to prospect for (to prospect for… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • gold — n. 1) to mine; prospect for gold 2) to strike gold (also fig.) ( to discover smt. valuable ) 3) pure, solid gold 4) a bar of gold 5) (misc.) as good as gold ( very good ) * * * [gəʊld] prospect for gold solid gold a bar of gold pure to mine …   Combinatory dictionary

  • gold fever — /goʊld ˈfivə/ (say gohld feevuh) noun an overriding enthusiasm experienced by those setting out to prospect for gold: *the mushroom roaring canvas towns sprang up and the gold fever mounted to delirium. –mary durack, 1959 …  

  • Prospect, Connecticut —   Town   Flag …   Wikipedia

  • Prospect — Pros pect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prospected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prospecting}.] To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prospect — (n.) early 15c., act of looking into the distance, from L. prospectus view, outlook, prop. pp. of prospicere look out on, look forward, from pro forward (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + specere look at (see SCOPE (Cf. scope) (1)). Meaning ext …   Etymology dictionary

  • prospect — is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun, and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb (as in prospecting for gold, etc.) …   Modern English usage

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