Definition of prospective

• n. - Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
• n. - Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective.
• n. - Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.
• n. - The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
• n. - A perspective glass.