The university invited prospective students to tour the new engineering lab, hoping to attract applicants for the upcoming academic year.
大学邀请未来的学生参观新的工程实验室，希望为即将到来的学年吸引申请者。
Which choice best defines “prospective”?
C — Expected, likely to happen. “prospective” means expected, likely to happen.
Which word means “expected, likely to happen”?
A — prospective. “prospective” means expected, likely to happen.
prospective — expected, likely to happen. In Chinese: 预期的，可能的.
prospective is pronounced /prəˈspektɪv/.
The university invited prospective students to tour the new engineering lab, hoping to attract applicants for the upcoming academic year. (大学邀请未来的学生参观新的工程实验室，希望为即将到来的学年吸引申请者。)
potential, future, anticipated — all close in meaning to prospective (expected, likely to happen).
actual, current — each the opposite of prospective (expected, likely to happen).
Yes. prospective is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
prospect (prospect)+ive (form).