prosper
to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
Archaic. to make successful or fortunate.
Origin of prosper
1synonym study For prosper
Opposites for prosper
Other words from prosper
- un·pros·pered, adjective
- un·pros·per·ing, adjective
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How to use prosper in a sentence
Across America, co-living held on as a concept and is beginning to prosper again.
Continued military control of lucrative state properties ensures the generals will prosper even as their country buckles.
Alibaba chief executive officer Daniel Zhang said in a meeting with local regulators on Friday that the company will only prosper in the future by complying with the rules, state-backed China News Service reported.
Chinese regulators order Ant Group to focus on payments, stop short of breakup | lbelanger225 | December 27, 2020 | FortuneNorman prospered in her new home, earning the friendship of the family she worked for and making friends in the neighborhood.
A shocking 19th-century crime reveals the continued need for gender equality | Julie Miller | December 27, 2020 | Washington PostProspering, he had bethought him of his younger brother, a soldier at home reputed somewhat wild.
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British Dictionary definitions for prosper
/ (ˈprɒspə) /
(usually intr) to thrive, succeed, etc, or cause to thrive, succeed, etc in a healthy way
Origin of prosper
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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