prospecting

incontável

A noun referring to the activity of searching for potential customers, clients, or business opportunities, often in sales or marketing contexts.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a atividade de procurar clientes potenciais, compradores ou oportunidades de negócios, geralmente no contexto de vendas, marketing ou mineração. No uso comercial, refere-se à prospecção de mercado ou de clientes.

1. Mineral exploration B2 formal

   The act of searching for mineral deposits, such as gold, silver, or oil, by examining land or geological formations.

   • Prospecting for gold in the riverbeds is still a popular activity.
   • The company invested heavily in prospecting for new oil fields.
   • Modern prospecting uses advanced technology like satellite imagery.

   🇵🇹Prospecção mineral

   Sinônimos: explorationreconnaissancescoutingsearchseekingsurveying

2. Sales or business development B2 informal business

   The process of identifying and contacting potential customers or clients to generate business leads.

   • The sales team spent the week prospecting for new clients.
   • Effective prospecting requires good research and communication skills.
   • He is prospecting for investors to fund his startup.

   🇵🇹Prospecção de clientes

   Sinônimos: hunting

• prospectings plural form
• prospectings' possessive plural form
• prospecting's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of searching for valuable resources, such as minerals or oil, or exploring potential opportunities.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para designar a ação de procurar recursos valiosos, como minerais ou petróleo, ou de explorar possibilidades potenciais.

1. Search for minerals B2 formal

   To search for valuable minerals, metals, or oil in the ground.

   • They are prospecting for gold in the remote mountains.
   • The company spent years prospecting for oil in the region.
   • Miners prospected the area for diamonds.

   🇵🇹Prospectar minerais

   Sinônimos: drillexploreminepanscoursearchseeksurvey

2. Explore or investigate B2 formal

   To search or look for something, especially opportunities or resources.

   • The team is prospecting for new business opportunities abroad.
   • She prospected the market for potential investors.
   • They prospected the area for suitable land to build a factory.

   🇵🇹Buscar ou explorar

   Sinônimos: explorehuntscoursearchseeksurvey

   Antônimos: ignoreneglectoverlook

• prospected past participle
• prospected past simple
• prospecting present participle
• prospects third person singular