how to pronounce prospect

/ˈpɹɑːspɛkt/

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prospect is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of prospect in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… before in this country the prospect of …”

meanings of prospect

noun:

A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
A potential client or customer.
The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
A hope; a hopeful.
The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
The façade of an organ.
A position affording a fine view; a lookout.

verb:

To search, as for gold.
To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.

name:

A census-designated place in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.

prospect frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word prospect occurs in english on average 16.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics prospect can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that prospect can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;