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THRIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: thriven    , throve   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grow vigorously

Example:

business is booming

Synonyms:

boom; expand; flourish; thrive

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrive"):

revive (be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength)

luxuriate (thrive profusely or flourish extensively)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The business is going to thrive

Sense 2

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 "thrive" 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: 

Dorset in the UK is home to highly acidic sulphur streams that host bacteria which thrive in extreme conditions.

(Red Planet May Have Harbored Life in Past, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Signs and symptoms include irritability, fever, failure to thrive, saddle nose, cutaneous rash, and pneumonia.

(Congenital Syphilis, NCI Thesaurus)

Manifestations of this syndrome include low birth weight, failure to thrive, developmental defects, organ dysfunction, mental deficiencies, behavioral problems and poor motor coordination.

(Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

They include vomiting, hypoglycemia, lethargy, hypotonia and failure to thrive.

(Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Short-Chain Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

They have also identified anti-inflammatory treatments that ease some of the patients’ symptoms: fever, skin rashes, diarrhea, joint pain and overall failure to grow or thrive.

(Researchers discover otulipenia, a new inflammatory disease, NIH)

"This lineage has an amazing evolutionary history and the algae now thrive in a much more diverse environment than hot springs."

(Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes, National Science Foundation)

Earth still has such conditions, where many forms of life thrive on chemical energy extracted from rocks, without sunlight.

(Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life, NASA)

You have thriven well in the world hitherto, said the grinder, now if you could find money in your pocket whenever you put your hand in it, your fortune would be made.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“I am so glad to see the evergreens thrive!” said Fanny, in reply.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

All the social cues that normally foster connection are less readily available to the child, so the child doesn’t receive the optimal emotional input it needs to thrive.

(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)