prospectiveприлагательное Relating to or effective in the future; expected or likely to happen. The prospective changes in the policy could benefit many employees.
Relating to someone who is expected to be something in the future, such as a customer, employee, or student. The company is hosting an event for prospective clients next week.
(of a study, research design, or analysis) Looking forward in time, tracking subjects or data from the present into the future. The epidemiologists launched a prospective cohort study to monitor the participants' health over ten years.