Definition of Prospection

1. n. The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.

Definition of Prospection

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. The act of prospecting for minerals. Also not in common use. ¹

3. Noun. A search for archaeological remains, usually using modern technology, for example ground penetrating radar. ¹

4. References. "Prospection as a feature of Structure" Mona Baker, Gill Francis, Elena Tognini-Bonelli "Text and technology: in honour of John Sinclair" 1993 John Benjamins Publishing Company ISBN 978-90-272-2138-4- ¹

5. References. "First part of the prospection fulfilled, prospection still active" Susan Hunston, Gill Francis, "Pattern grammar: a corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English" p242, 2000 John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISBN 978-90-272-2274-9 ¹

6. References. "The problem with this error of retrospection is that it can keep us from discovering our errors of prospection" Daniel Gilbert "Stumbling on Happiness" Knopf New York 2006 ISBN 1-4000-4266-6}} ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prospection

prosopolepsy
prosopon
prosoponology
prosopons
prosopopeia
prosopopesis
prosopopoeia
prosopopoeiae
prosopopoeias
prosopopœic
prosopopœiæ
prosos
prospect
prospected
prospecting
prospection (current term)
prospective
prospective(a)
prospectively
prospectiveness
prospectless
prospector
prospectors
prospects
prospectus
prospectuses
prosper
prospered
prospereth
prospering

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