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prospective

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

likely to happen or become in the future; expected or potential

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Prospective in a sentence

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The firm invited prospective clients to a demonstration of its new software.

Synonyms
potentialanticipatedforthcoming
Antonyms
retrospectivepastcurrent

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Questions about “prospective”

Prospective (adjective) means likely to happen or become in the future; expected or potential
Here is prospective used in an example sentence: "The firm invited prospective clients to a demonstration of its new software."
Common synonyms for prospective include potential, anticipated, forthcoming.
Antonyms of prospective include retrospective, past, current.
Prospective is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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