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prosperity

[ pro-sper-i-tee ]
/ prɒˈspɛr ɪ ti /
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noun, plural pros·per·i·ties.

a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
prosperities, prosperous circumstances, characterized by financial success or good fortune.

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RELATED WORDS

wealth, success, accomplishment, riches, expansion, benefit, growth, well-being, boom, interest, welfare, inflation, abundance, do, good, fortune, advantage, ease, arrival, increase

Nearby words

  1. prospective,
  2. prospectively,
  3. prospector,
  4. prospectus,
  5. prosper,
  6. prosperity gospel,
  7. prospermia,
  8. prospero,
  9. prosperous,
  10. prosperously

Origin of prosperity

1175–1225; Middle English prosperite < Old French < Latin prosperitās. See prosperous, -ity
Related formsnon·pros·per·i·ty, noun
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Examples from the Web for prosperities

  • When the morning dawned, the Prosperities had already taken up a permanent abode with the family.

    Tales of the Sun|Mrs. Howard Kingscote

  • The Ashṭalakshmîs—the Eight Prosperities—entered the town that night and went house by house into every street.

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British Dictionary definitions for prosperities

prosperity

/ (prɒˈspɛrɪtɪ) /

noun

the condition of prospering; success or wealth
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for prosperities

prosperity

n.

c.1200, from Old French prosprete (12c., Modern French prospérité) and directly from Latin prosperitatem (nominative prosperitas) "good fortune," from prosperus (see prosper).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper