prosper (verb)

  • 1prosper — ► VERB ▪ succeed or flourish, especially financially. ORIGIN Latin prosperare, from prosperus doing well …

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  • 2Prosper (Vorname) — Prosper ist ein männlicher Vorname. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung 2 Varianten 3 Bekannte Namensträger 4 Weblinks …

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  • 3prosper — pros‧per [ˈprɒspə ǁ ˈprɑːspər] verb [intransitive] to be successful and become rich: • As families prosper, consumer demand for meat increases. • With hard work and long hours, our business prospered. * * * prosper UK US /ˈprɒspər/ verb [I] ► to… …

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  • 4prosper — verb 1 (I) to be successful and become rich: My father was no longer prospering in business. 2 (I) to grow and develop in a healthy way; thrive: The children seemed to prosper under their care. 3 (T) old use to make something succeed …

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  • 5prosper — verb the family business continues to prosper Syn: flourish, thrive, do well, bloom, blossom, burgeon, progress, do all right for oneself, get ahead, get on (in the world), be successful; informal go places Ant: fail, flounder …

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  • 6prosper — verb (prospered; prospering) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French prosperer, from Latin prosperare to cause to succeed, from prosperus favorable Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to succeed in an enterprise or activity; especially… …

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  • 7prosper — verb a) To favor; to render successful. b) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain. See Also: prosperous, prosperity …

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  • 8prosper — verb succeed or flourish, especially financially; thrive. ↘archaic make successful. Origin ME: from OFr. prosperer, from L. prosperare, from prosperus doing well …

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  • 9prosper — verb Syn: flourish, thrive, do well, bloom, blossom, burgeon, progress, do all right for oneself, get ahead, get on (in the world), be successful; informal go places Ant: fail, flounder …

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  • 10prosper — UK [ˈprɒspə(r)] / US [ˈprɑspər] verb [intransitive] Word forms prosper : present tense I/you/we/they prosper he/she/it prospers present participle prospering past tense prospered past participle prospered 1) to be successful, especially by making …

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