the act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.-that which is expected or looked for.-the prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.-the value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.-the leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.