Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; providence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The action of looking forward into the future. Formed by analogy with
retrospection . Not in common use, but there is some modern use and the OED gives citation back to the 19th and 17th centuries. - noun The act of prospecting for minerals. Also not in common use.
- noun A search for archaeological remains, usually using modern technology, for example ground penetrating radar.
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Examples
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In fact, sometimes the happiness in anticipation is greater than the happiness actually experienced in the moment - that's known as "rosy prospection."
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Get More Bang for Your Happiness Buck: Revel in Anticipation. Gretchen Rubin 2011
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In fact, sometimes the happiness in anticipation is greater than the happiness actually experienced in the moment - that's known as "rosy prospection."
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Get More Bang for Your Happiness Buck: Revel in Anticipation. Gretchen Rubin 2011
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Yiangos Chairetis, Kostas Dayandas, and Markus Kampfer use geomagnetic prospection to reveal underlying structures.
Picture 48 « Daily Life « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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The excavation that finished this week proved the existence of walls that were shown by the geomagnetic prospection, and helped us complete the existing ground plan for the Central Building.
Picture 199 « Field Notes 2009: Weeks 3 & 4 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Yiangos Chairetis, Kostas Dayandas, and Markus Kampfer use geomagnetic prospection to reveal underlying structures.
Picture 49 « Daily Life « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Before I came to office, Petrobras was investing R$250 million ($139 million) in prospection.
'Reason With Him' 2009
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Yiangos Chairetis, Kostas Dayandas, and Markus Kampfer use geomagnetic prospection to reveal underlying structures.
Picture 1 « Daily Life « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Yiangos Chairetis, Kostas Dayandas, and Markus Kampfer use geomagnetic prospection to reveal underlying structures.
Picture 40 « Daily Life « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Yiangos Chairetis, Kostas Dayandas, and Markus Kampfer use geomagnetic prospection to reveal underlying structures.
Picture 39 « Daily Life « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Yiangos Chairetis, Kostas Dayandas, and Markus Kampfer use geomagnetic prospection to reveal underlying structures.
Picture 38 « Daily Life « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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