prospected
past simple and past participle ofprospect
prospect
verb[I]
uk/ˈprɒs.pekt/us/ˈprɑː.spekt/tosearchforgold,oil, or othervaluablesubstanceson or under thesurfaceof theearth:
to prospectforoil/gold
Engineering - mining & quarrying
- anti-mine
- banksman
- biomining
- coal
- coal mine
- coal miner
- coal mining
- coalface
- coalfield
- excavator
- extract
- extractive
- goldfield
- mineral
- mining
- oilman
- petrodollar
- pit
- strip mining
- workings
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prospected
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The final fault activity is represented by the faults in the centre of theprospectedsite.
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The thick lines delimit theprospectedriver basins.
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Hence, she fails to elicit aprospectedresponse that agrees with her statement.
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Considering the advantages of quantum robots, some important potential applications are also analyzed andprospected.
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It should be made clear that, when boring has taken place, only one site out of every threeprospectedis worked for coal.
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The country's remaining accessible coal outcrops are, however, not unlimited in extent and for the most part have yet to beprospected.
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Ten sites are to beprospected; their total area is about 970 acres.
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A number of other sites are beingprospected, and the search for further sites to prospect is still in progress.
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Only one site is worked out of every threeprospected.
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It is absolutely essential that that gold should beprospectedand worked.
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Oh dear, just recently, some of those exploration contracts have had to be handed back because the oil that wasprospectedto be there was not there.
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The new fields beingprospectedand developed are needed to produce the extra 10 million to 20 million tons of coal a year for which the country hopes.
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The area has also beenprospectedfor tin and rare earth minerals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although most of the surface gold has long since beenprospected, there remain a handful of deeper mine projects in the area.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He alsoprospectedfor gold in the mountains.
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