Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prospect
Participle: prospected
Gerund: prospecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prospect |
| you | prospect |
| he;she;it | prospects |
| we | prospect |
| you | prospect |
| they | prospect |
Perfect
| I | have prospected |
| you | have prospected |
| he;she;it | has prospected |
| we | have prospected |
| you | have prospected |
| they | have prospected |
Past
| I | prospected |
| you | prospected |
| he;she;it | prospected |
| we | prospected |
| you | prospected |
| they | prospected |
Pluperfect
| I | had prospected |
| you | had prospected |
| he;she;it | had prospected |
| we | had prospected |
| you | had prospected |
| they | had prospected |
Future
| I | will prospect |
| you | will prospect |
| he;she;it | will prospect |
| we | will prospect |
| you | will prospect |
| they | will prospect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prospected |
| you | will have prospected |
| he;she;it | will have prospected |
| we | will have prospected |
| you | will have prospected |
| they | will have prospected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prospect |
| you | prospect |
| he;she;it | prospect |
| we | prospect |
| you | prospect |
| they | prospect |
Perfect
| I | have prospected |
| you | have prospected |
| he;she;it | have prospected |
| we | have prospected |
| you | have prospected |
| they | have prospected |
Imperfect
| I | prospected |
| you | prospected |
| he;she;it | prospected |
| we | prospected |
| you | prospected |
| they | prospected |
Pluperfect
| I | had prospected |
| you | had prospected |
| he;she;it | had prospected |
| we | had prospected |
| you | had prospected |
| they | had prospected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prospect |
| you | would prospect |
| he;she;it | would prospect |
| we | would prospect |
| you | would prospect |
| they | would prospect |
Perfect
| I | would have prospected |
| you | would have prospected |
| he;she;it | would have prospected |
| we | would have prospected |
| you | would have prospected |
| they | would have prospected |
Imperative
| you | prospect |
| we | Let's prospect |
| you | prospect |
Verbs conjugated like 'prospect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prospect'
prosect,
profect,
project,
prosper,
protect,
respect,
aspect,
bioprospect,
despect,
enspect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- explore
- search
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus and prospekt. The verb is from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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Among the ancient sites in the Taklamakan Desert which are frequented by Khotan "treasure seekers," and which the prospecting parties sent out by me had visited, none seemed to offer better opportunities for systematic excavations than the one known to them as Dandan-Uilik. [1904, M. A. Stein, “A Journey of Geographical and Archaeological Exploration in Chinese Turkestan”, in Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1903, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 762–763:]