Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.
A French term, developed by futurist Michel Godet, for a class of methods he has developed for examining the future.
concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"
anticipated for the near future; "the prospective students"; "his prospective bride"
a grammaticalization of the relationship of a present state to a future situation
setting up experiments or observations ahead of time to study future events as they happen. A prospective clinical trial studies how patients respond to a protocol set up in advance.
Likely to come about, relating to or effective in the future.