prospect for gold

prospect Noun

— A prospect is what you think will happen in the future. There's a good prospect of this building being converted into a school. Immigrants face the prospect of having to accept unskilled jobs at lower wages. There is little or no prospect of a new station being opened up on the east coast. — Your prospects are your chances of moving forward in your job or in your life. So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a teacher. A new place offered some prospect of new beginnings. We are very worried about her prospects. — A prospect is somebody that think will do well in the future. At 18, she is one of Britain's best prospects for an Olympic medal in Barcelona this summer. — A prospect is somebody who might be a customer or worker in the future. Your best prospects are your previous customers.

prospect Verb

— If you prospect for something valuable, such as gold or oil, you search an area for it. Anglo-United was not the only company prospecting for gold in the early eighties.

for Preposition

— shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function This cake is for you. This is a net for catching fish. — For is used to show the reason for something He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.

for Subordinator

— For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive It's not good for you to be too relaxed.

gold Noun

— Gold is a metal, which can be used to make coins and rings. It costs a lot of money to buy. Its symbol is Au on the periodic table and its atomic number is 79. I keep my gold in a safe. This is a gold ring — Gold is a yellow colour .