thrive [ thrahyv ] SHOW IPA
/ θraɪv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb (used without object), thrived or throve [throhv], /θroʊv/, thrived or thriv·en [thriv -uh n], /ˈθrɪv ən/, thriv·ing. to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
to grow or develop vigorously; flourish : The children thrived in the country.
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Origin of thrive First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English thriven, from Old Norse thrīfast “to thrive,” reflexive of thrīfa “to grasp”
OTHER WORDS FROM thrive thriv·er, noun
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How to use thrive in a sentence Epidemiologists agree that the disease likely thrive d in bats before it made the zoonotic leap to humans—plus pangolins, dogs, cats, tigers, lions, and minks.
This low-maintenance plant thrive s in bright indirect light and only needs watering every week or two.
The Terps have long had confidence in the team’s talent at wide receiver, but Tagovailoa has added the consistency at quarterback needed for them to thrive .
That is driving millions of new users to Parler, an alternate social media platform where conspiracy theories can thrive .
As the NFL moves into the second half of its season, quarterbacks continue to thrive .
In the midst of this religious and political turmoil, drug trafficking thrive s.
After all, Las Vegas thrive s despite the fact that everyone knows that the house always wins.
One of my three sons is a student who thrive s there, due in no small part to innovative programs like its greenhouse and gardens.
The Yo app might have brought “one-bit” communication to the public attention, but the Apple Watch thrive s on it.
It is aware that the fear on which it ultimately thrive s is that of politicians who quake at its supposed influence and money.
Wheat does not grow in this part of Brazil, though in the southern and inland mountainous districts it thrive s admirably.
The Cayenne cane yields best, and thrive s in low grounds, the soil a mixture of sand and loam.
The sort of woman who has any amount of large and handsome flesh-and-blood children, and lives to have them, thrive s on them.
He thrive s very well, like the generality of parsons, and will be a long liver if careful.
Others have a selfish delight in the objects of sense, Will thrive s, and is happy by imparting them to his friends.
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British Dictionary definitions for thrive
verb thrives , thriving , thrived , throve , thrived or thriven (ˈθrɪvə n ) (intr)
to grow strongly and vigorously
to do well; prosper
Derived forms of thrive thriver , noun thriving , adjective thrivingly , adverb Word Origin for thrive C13: from Old Norse thrīfask to grasp for oneself, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp, of obscure origin
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