prospect

prospect [-'s] n

L. prōspect-us, look out, view < prō, forward + specěre, look.

  1. View; vista; outlook; scene; extent of land visible to the eye.
  2. Foresight; expectation; anticipation; vision of future events; act of looking forward in time. (930/811, 995/1014)
  3. [Fig.] imminent approach of winter.