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PROSPER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance

Example:

The new student is thriving

Synonyms:

flourish; fly high; prosper; thrive

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "prosper" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Credits

 Context examples: 

We prospered, we travelled, we came back as rich colonials to England, and we bought country estates.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So she gave her mornings to duty, her afternoons to pleasure, and prospered finely.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He had managed for me, in my absence, with the soundest judgement; and my worldly affairs were prospering.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You are too simple, too elemental, and too rational, by my faith, to prosper on such pap.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was all well enough in the Southland, under the law of love and fellowship, to respect private property and personal feelings; but in the Northland, under the law of club and fang, whoso took such things into account was a fool, and in so far as he observed them he would fail to prosper.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“And yet there is much in what the Gascon says,” said a swarthy fellow in a weather-stained doublet; “and I for one would rather prosper in Italy than starve in Spain.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She thought she was prospering finely, but unconsciously she was beginning to desecrate some of the womanliest attributes of a woman's character.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Theer's been kiender a blessing fell upon us, said Mr. Peggotty, reverentially inclining his head, and we've done nowt but prosper. That is, in the long run. If not yesterday, why then today. If not today, why then tomorrow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Be brave and pure, fearless to the strong and humble to the weak; and so, whether this love prosper or no, you will have fitted yourself to be honored by a maiden's love, which is, in sooth, the highest guerdon which a true knight can hope for.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And I got a note from Mr. Laurence, asking me to come over and play to him tonight, before the lamps are lighted, and I shall go, added Beth, whose friendship with the old gentleman prospered finely.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)