1) Expected 2) French word used in English 3) Future 4) Likely 5) Potential 1) Future 2) In the offing 3) Possible 
Prospective literally means `looking forward`. It can also refer 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 — typically a high school student who is seriously considering applying to a university, or who has already applied and been accepte.....
• (n.) Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. • (n.) Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. • (n.) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. • (n.) Of or pertaining to a prospec...
[Adjective] Used to describe when someone wants or expects to be something.
In medicine, a study or clinical trial in which participants are identified and then followed forward in time.
Going forwards in time.
Pro·spec'tive adjective [ Latin prospectivus : confer French prospectif . See Prospect , noun ] 1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [ Obsolete] « Time's long and dark prospective glass.» M...
Prospective: Looking forward. A prospective study or a prospective clinical trial is one in which the participants are identified and then followed forward in time.
[adj] - concerned with or related to the future
adjective concerned with or related to the future; `prospective earnings`; `a prospective mother`; `the statute is solely prospective in operation`
of or in the future: prospective earnings. · potential, likely, or expected: a prospective partner.
[NAEP glossary] of or concerned with or related to the future of or concerned with or related to the future[Intelligent words] of or concerned with or related to the future