Prospective

Prospective refers to an event that is likely or expected to happen in the future. For example, a prospective student is someone who is considering attending a school. A prospective cohort study is a type of study, e.g., in sociology or medicine, that follows participants for a particular future time period.

It may also refer to the following:

• Prospective aspect, a grammatical aspect
• Prospective Dolly (born 1987), Thoroughbred racehorse
• Prospective memory, remembering to perform an intended action
• Prospective parliamentary candidate, a term used in British politics
• Prospective Piloted Transport System, a project to develop a new-generation crewed spacecraft
• Prospective search, a method of searching on the Internet
• Prospective short-circuit current, the highest electric current which can exist in a particular electrical system under short circuit conditions
• Prospective payment system, a payment model used in health care to control costs

See also

• Retrospective generally means to study events that already have taken place.