In a sentence
Six example sentences with prospect, each labelled with its topic.
The prospect of a second funding round kept the team working through a winter with no salaries at all.
Startups
Faced with the prospect of a winter crossing, the expedition wintered at the fort and set out in April.
History
The trial results gave patients the prospect of a treatment that could be taken at home rather than by infusion.
Medicine
The prospect of a championship kept the veteran playing one more season on a knee that ached every morning.
Basketball
The prospect of steady dividends drew retirees to the utility shares even when growth stocks were racing ahead.
Finance
With no prospect of winning the district, the party ran a young candidate simply to give her practice.
Politics
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Found in these word lists
Found in 6 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains prospect. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.