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"ref": "1649 June 20, John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, John Evelyn's Diary, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, published 1850, page 251",
"text": "I went to Putney, and other places on the Thames, to take prospects in crayon, to carry into France, where I thought to have them engraved.",
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"ref": "1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 6",
"text": "She felt all the honest pride and complacency which her alliance with the present and future proprietor could fairly warrant, as she viewed the respectable size and style of the building, its suitable, becoming, characteristic situation, low and sheltered—its ample gardens stretching down to meadows washed by a stream, of which the Abbey, with all the old neglect of prospect, had scarcely a sight ...",
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"ref": "1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “\"The Aberdonian\" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7",
"text": "The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.",
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"ref": "1788, James Hutton, Theory of the earth, page 166",
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"ref": "2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC",
"text": "And a further boost to England's qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello's men face in their final qualifier.",
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"ref": "2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19",
"text": "It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.",
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"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tesaran",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "տեսարան"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tesadašt",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "տեսադաշտ"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výhljad",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́гляд"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izgled",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изглед"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "näkökenttä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "näköala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "näkymä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perspective"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perspectiva"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "Sicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "Perspektive"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prospettiva"
},
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "perspectiva"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "perspectiva"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vid",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вид"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"word": "perspectiva"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výhljad",
"sense": "region which the eye overlooks at one time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́гляд"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tesaran",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"word": "տեսարան"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výhljad",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́гляд"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gledka",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гледка"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"word": "maisema"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vista"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"word": "Aussicht"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vid",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
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"masculine"
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"tags": [
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výhljad",
"sense": "picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́гляд"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face",
"word": "julkisivu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "očakvane",
"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
"tags": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
"word": "Erwartung"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
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"feminine"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
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"feminine"
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"word": "possibilità"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
"word": "見通し"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perspektywa"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadežda",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "hope, hopeful",
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"feminine"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sports: player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team",
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},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: façade of an organ",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: façade of an organ",
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"ref": "1904, M. A. Stein, “A Journey of Geographical and Archaeological Exploration in Chinese Turkestan”, in Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1903, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 762–763",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "präsʹpĕkt"
},
{
"enpr": "prə-spĕktʹ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎrsja",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"word": "търся"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"word": "fer prospeccions"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"word": "etsiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"word": "prospecter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"word": "schürfen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"word": "haurapa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"word": "poszukiwać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskátʹ",
"sense": "to search as for gold",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "иска́ть"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proučvam",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "проучвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "prospectar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāntàn",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "勘探"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "prospecter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "prospectar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "prospectar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "prospektera"
}
],
"word": "prospect"
}
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