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prospect
adjectives
daunting
(= frightening in a way that makes you not feel confident )
• It is a pretty daunting prospect, being on stage for forty minutes.
terrifying
• Driving through London in a strange car was a terrifying prospect.
gloomy/grim/bleak
• Many Britons face the grim prospect of having their home repossessed.
exciting
• We were to be her guardians. This was an exciting prospect.
attractive
• A journey of that length was not an attractive prospect.
verbs
face the prospect (of something)
• Now they face the prospect of unemployment.
relish the prospect (of something)
(= enjoy the thought of it very much )
• She would have to speak to him. She didn’t relish the prospect.
dread the prospect (of something)
(= feel very worried about it )
• I dread the prospect of staying here while you’re away.
phrases
be excited/thrilled/delighted etc at the prospect (of something)
• I was excited at the prospect of going to Washington.
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noun chance/hope that sth will happen ADJ. reasonable | immediate VERB + PROSPECT have | offer PREP. in ~ Major developments are in prospect for the company. | ~ of sth There is little prospect of any improvement in the weather. idea of what may/will happen ADJ. attractive, exciting, inviting | bleak, daunting VERB + PROSPECT be excited at, relish, welcome I don't relish the prospect of having to share an office. | be faced with, face 3 prospects chances of being successful ADJ. bright, excellent, exciting, good | limited, poor | future, long-term | development, economic, growth | career, employment, job, promotion | election, electoral, re-election VERB + PROSPECT have | offer (sb) This position offers a good starting salary and excellent promotion prospects. | boost, enhance, improve Getting the right qualifications will enhance your employment prospects. | blight, damage, diminish, ruin, wreck | assess, examine, review PROSPECT + VERB improve PREP. with/without ~ At 25 he was an unemployed musician with no prospects. | ~ for Long-term prospects for the economy have improved. | ~ of Their prospects of employment look better than last year.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary