Synonyms:
prospective
Meaning: of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"
Usage examples
Prospective hirers of agents forecast what the use will be worth to them and make their bids accordingly.
He then infers certain prospective movements, thus assigning meaning to the bare facts of the given situation.
This information is imparted by Doctor Slemons' book, which I can thoroughly recommend to prospective mothers.
Finally the conversation made an opening for him to say, "I asked your mother, Mona, what she thought of me as a prospective son-in-law."
Consequently, if prospective mothers wish to be assured of the best care, they should be cautious in the choice of their medical attendant.
Against his notorious bad temper she set his three thousand a year, and his prospective succession to a baronetcy gave a casting vote in his favour.
Prospective mothers should understand not only that there is an advantage in taking such precautions, but that they may be risking their lives, or at least their future well-being, unless they insist upon competent medical attention.
The adventurers had found, not conquest and gold, but a dull exile in a petty fort by a hot and sickly river, with hard labor, bad fare, prospective famine, and nothing to break the weary sameness but some passing canoe or floating alligator.