to prosper
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈprɑːspər/
:
prosperar
- With careful planning and hard work, she hopes to prosper in her new career as a chef.
- survive and prosper
- grow and prosper
- continue to prosper
Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn himself.
- Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn himself.
- Anyone who adds to prosperity must prosper in turn.
- Science will prosper the more that we just let knowledge be free.
- Subscribe, ring the bell, live long and prosper.
- And so you know, this idea that evil people prosper.
- And not only can they live, but they can prosper.
- I mean, there's no way, there is no way for that company to prosper.
- By all three efforts does the city prosper?
- Why is it that most of Africa stays poor while other parts of the world prosper?
- So go forth, prosper, put yourself out there.
- That's where we come from, the people who prospered, more educated and so on.
Examples
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A few are beginning to prosper, but it has been a very tough area.
Academic text (1993) -
Everybody in this country that has been blessed and prospered should pay a patriotic tax.
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Well, they should have their own businesses that will prosper in good times or bad.
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So go forth, prosper, put yourself out there.
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I was helping more people prosper in their work and their careers.
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War and trade helped the Norsemen prosper, and that wealth meant they were there to stay.
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Within this process, tourism and other economic activities also prospered from the effect of this positive atmosphere.
Academic text (2017) -
The programs have prospered because leaders have recognized this fact and addressed past concerns.
Academic text (2011) -
Hundreds of Palestinian factory owners have prospered because of these zones.
Academic text (2012) -
Over the years, SouthWard prospered, and no one could quite figure out why.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
241
3.2
To grow well and be successful
116
4.1
To grow strongly and be healthy or successful
8
3.8
To feel very happy and successful after a big achievement
Antonyms
How Successful
241
3.2
116
4.1
88
3.7
846
2.0
520
1.2
121
3.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prosper comes from the Latin word prosperus, which meant 'favourable' or lucky and is the source of prosperity and prosperous. Think of pro- as 'forward' — so to prosper is to move forward into good fortune and become successful or flourish.