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Grade 7
(pro-spec-tive) 3 syllables

Definition

adjective. likely to happen or expected in the future.

Example Sentence

Students meet their prospective teachers.

More Example Sentences

Many prospective students visited the campus today.

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

prospective
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • affective
  • collective
  • connective
  • corrective
  • defective
  • detective
  • directive
  • effective
  • elective
  • infective
  • invective
  • objective
  • perspective
  • projective
  • prospective
  • protective
  • reflective
  • respective
  • selective
  • subjective

  • ineffective
  • introspective
  • irrespective
  • retrospective

  • anti-infective
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