prospect
/ˈpɹɑspɛkt/ verb C2- To search, as for gold.
- To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
He/she/it prospects · Past prospected · Past participle prospected · -ing form prospecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- prospect
- He/she/it
- prospects
- Past
- prospected
- Past participle
- prospected
- -ing form
- prospecting
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This prospect of fresh festivity redoubled the hilarity of the guests to such a degree, that the elder Dantès, who, at the commencement of the repast, had commented upon the silence that prevailed, now found it difficult, amid the general din of voices, to obtain a moment’s tranquillity in which to drink to the health and prosperity of the bride and bridegroom.
The prospect of an interview with Lord Roberts would not have excited greater wonder and pleasure in a raw subaltern than was now reflected upon the face of Mr.
A number of small shops have come into being to meet the wants of the increased population; so there seems some prospect that Birlstone may soon grow from an ancient village into a modern town.
It was not over the downfall of the man, but over the defeat of the Napoleonic idea, that they rejoiced, and in this they foresaw for themselves the bright and cheering prospect of a revivified political existence.
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