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1. ['prospekt] noun1) (an outlook for the future; a view of what one may expect to happen: He didn't like the prospect of going abroad; a job with good prospects.) (de) perspectivă2) (a view or scene: a fine prospect.) vedere, perspectivă2. [prə'spekt, ]( American[) 'prospekt] verb(to make a search (for gold etc): He is prospecting for gold.) a căuta- prospectus
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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