prospect
/ˈprɑspekt/
verb
- To search for valuable minerals, oil, or other resources in the ground.
- They spent months prospecting for gold in the remote riverbeds.
- The company is prospecting for oil in the desert region.
- He learned how to prospect for gemstones from his grandfather.
- To search or look for something, especially business opportunities or customers.
- She spends her mornings prospecting for leads on social media.
- The sales team is prospecting for new clients in the tech industry.
- We need to prospect more aggressively to meet our quarterly goals.
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noun
- The possibility or likelihood of something happening in the future.
- The job offers good prospects for career growth.
- There is little prospect of rain this week, so we can plan the picnic.
- She was excited about the prospect of traveling to Japan.
- A person who is likely to become a customer, client, or candidate.
- The recruiter identified her as a strong prospect for the management position.
- We have several prospects interested in buying the house.
- The sales team is meeting with a promising prospect this afternoon.
- A wide view of a landscape or scene.
- The hotel room offers a stunning prospect of the mountains.
- From the hilltop, we enjoyed a beautiful prospect of the valley below.
- The painting shows a prospect of the harbor at sunset.
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