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Meaning of "prospection" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSPECTION

prospection  [prəˈspɛkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSPECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prospection is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROSPECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prospection in the English dictionary

The definition of prospection in the dictionary is anticipation. Other definition of prospection is the search for mineral deposits.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSPECTION


affection
əˈfɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
connection
kəˈnɛkʃən
correction
kəˈrɛkʃən
detection
dɪˈtɛkʃən
direction
dɪˈrɛkʃən
election
ɪˈlɛkʃən
infection
ɪnˈfɛkʃən
injection
ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
inspection
ɪnˈspɛkʃən
intersection
ˌɪntəˈsɛkʃən
introspection
ˌɪntrəˈspɛkʃən
perfection
pəˈfɛkʃən
projection
prəˈdʒɛkʃən
protection
prəˈtɛkʃən
reflection
rɪˈflɛkʃən
reinspection
ˌriːɪnˈspɛkʃən
retrospection
ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛkʃən
section
ˈsɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSPECTION

prosopon
prosopopeia
prosopopeial
prosopopoeia
prosopopoeial
prospect
prospecting
prospective
prospectively
prospectiveness
prospectless
prospector
prospects
prospectus
prosper
prosperity
prosperity gospel
prosperous
prosperously
prosperousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSPECTION

accreditation
action
addiction
attraction
auction
construction
course of action
court of competent jurisdiction
destruction
fiction
function
instruction
interaction
introduction
out of action
production
reaction
reduction
reproduction
satisfaction
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of prospection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prospection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSPECTION

Find out the translation of prospection to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prospection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prospection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

勘探
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prospección
570 millions of speakers

English

prospection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prospection
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنقيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в будущее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prospecção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prospection
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prospection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prospek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prospektion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prospection
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prospection
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prospek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thăm dò
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prospection
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फायदे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prospeksiyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prospezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prospekcja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в майбутнє
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prospectare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναζήτησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prospection
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prospektering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prospection
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prospection

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSPECTION»

The term «prospection» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of prospection
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSPECTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prospection» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prospection» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prospection

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSPECTION»

Discover the use of prospection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prospection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aggregates: Geology, Prospection, Environment, Testing, ...
This work sets out to explore the "aggregates" field in a comprehensive manner, from natural deposits to finished products.
Louis Primel, Claude Tourenq, 2000
2
Archaeological prospection: fourth international conference ...
The book of abstracts of the fourth international conference on Archaeological Prospection held in Vienna in 2001 provides an overview over state of the art methodology, techniques and applications from all over the world.
Michael Doneus, Alois Eder-Hinterleitner, Wolfgang Neubauer, 2001
3
Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
Armin Schmidt Bibliography Abrahamsen, N., Jacobsen, B.H., Koppelt, U., De Lasson, P., Smekalova, T., and Voss, O., 2003. Archaeomagnetic investigations of iron age slags in Denmark. Archaeological Prospection, 10: 91-100. Aitken, M.J. ...
David Gubbins, Emilio Herrero-Bervera, 2007
4
Uranium 2007: Ressources, Production Et Demande
D'autres programmes de prospection sont en outre prévus dans un proche avenir (gisements de type filonien à Las Thermas et de type gréseux se prêtant à une exploitation par lixiviation in situ). Aucune activité de prospection n'a été menée ...
International Atomic Energy Agen Staff, 2008
5
Pattern Grammar: A Corpus-driven Approach to the Lexical ...
metalanguage of patterns is that it enables us to talk about a prospection being fulfilled, and this in turn allows us to deconstruct groups and clauses and to deal with patterns linearly. For example, if we take the pattern V n n and talk about it in  ...
Susan Hunston, Gill Francis, 2000
6
Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology
3D-interpretation of post-processed archaeological magnetic prospection data. Archaeological Prospection 4: 191–205. Neubauer W., Eder-Hinterleitner A., Seren S., Melichar P., 2002. Georadar in the Roman Civil town Carnun- tum, Austria.
Stefano Campana, Salvatore Piro, 2008
7
Remote Sensing in Archaeology
Archaeological Prospection 7:107–118. David, A., 2001, Overview—the Role and Practice of Archaeological Prospection. In Handbook Of Archaeological Sciences , edited by D.R. Brothwell and A.M. Pollard, pp. 521–527. John Wiley, New ...
James R. Wiseman, Farouk El-Baz, 2007
8
New Technologies for Archaeology: Multidisciplinary ...
Sven Linzen, Volkmar Schultze, Andreas Chwala, Tim Schüler, Marco Schulz, Ronny Stolz and Hans-Georg Meyer Abstract A new measurement system was built for magnetic prospection in archaeology. The new device extends the capability ...
Markus Reindel, Günther A. Wagner, 2009
9
Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological ...
Doneus, M., Eder-Hinterleitner, A. and Neubauer, W. 2001a: Archaeological prospection in Austria. In M. Doneus, A. Eder-Hinterleitner and W. Neubauer (eds .), Archaeological Prospection: Fourth International Conference on Archaeological ...
Jane Balme, Alistair Paterson, 2009
10
Tethered by Tense: Retrospection is More Constrained Than ...
Discussion centers on the specific ways in which social psychological theories of judgment over time may be expanded to more fully describe judgmental tendencies and to generate new testable hypotheses comparing judgments across time.
Joanne Elizabeth Kane, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSPECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prospection is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tourism delegation from Champagne visit India on a prospection
A delegation of tourism professionals from the French region of Champagne visited the cities of New Delhi and Mumbai in the first week of June as part of a ... «Financial Express, Jun 15»
2
BJCP: Roepke and Seligman on prospection and depression
The two researchers carried out a review of the literature on depression and 'prospection' – the mental representation of possible futures. From it they propose ... «The British Psychological Society, Jun 15»
3
Norvège: entente entre plusieurs groupes pour la prospection en …
Oslo - Cinq groupes internationaux d'énergie, Statoil, Eni, GDF Suez, Lundin et OMV, ont dévoilé mardi un accord de collaboration dans la prospection ... «Romandie.com, Apr 15»
4
La prospection pétrolière aux Comores se précise
La société SP Offshore en charge des travaux de prospection pétrolière a annoncé qu'il était trop tôt pour une confirmation. Le contrat initial avait été signé avec ... «RFI, Apr 15»
5
National Park Service - Archaeological Prospection Workshop
This year's workshop, entitled "Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century," will center around the Little ... «Archaeological Institute of America Latest News, Mar 15»
6
Vers la fin des messages vocaux et de la prospection téléphonique ?
Vous relancez vos clients en laissant un message sur leur répondeur et démarchez vos prospect par téléphone ? Il est peut-être bientôt temps de mettre fin à ... «Actionco.fr, Mar 15»
7
J.A.G. Mines Ltd. : Gas and Oil Prospection
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - March 6, 2015) - J.A.G. MINES LTD (JAG) (TSX VENTURE:JML) and its subsidiary Olitra Inc. (Olitra) announce that ... «Marketwired, Mar 15»
8
Étienne Schneider visite des entreprises en Turquie à des fins de …
... ministre de l'Économie Étienne Schneider a rencontré en date du 13 février 2015 plusieurs dirigeants d'entreprises à des fins de prospection économique. «Gouvernement Luxembourgeois, Feb 15»
9
Prospection archéologique. 569 silex taillés en vallée de l'Evre
Une prospection menée avec les bénévoles de deux associations locales: le Rable et le Grahl. Les résultats sont encourageants: 569 silex taillés et neuf ... «Ouest-France, Jan 15»
10
Total pourrait se retirer des travaux de prospection d'hydrocarbures …
Nicosie - Total devrait abandonner ses travaux de prospection de gaz et de pétrole au large de Chypre car la compagnie pétrolière française n'a pas trouvé de ... «Romandie.com, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prospection [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prospection>. Apr 2024 ».
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