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prosper

verb

pros·​per ˈprä-spər How to pronounce prosper (audio)
prospered; prospering ˈprä-sp(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce prosper (audio)

intransitive verb

1
: to succeed in an enterprise or activity
especially : to achieve economic success
2
: to become strong and flourishing

transitive verb

: to cause to succeed or thrive

Synonyms

Example Sentences

She prospered as a real estate agent. He hopes his business will prosper. No crop can prosper in this heat.
Recent Examples on the Web The growing demand for Naya’s bowls, salads and wraps shows that even if office-occupancy rates remain well below their prepandemic levels, certain types of businesses can still prosper. Kate King, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 My company has invested in the revitalization of Milwaukee with the R1VER project in Bay View because Wisconsin cannot prosper if Milwaukee is not prospering. Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 Even so, this franchise that ranks 1oth on the Forbes list of MLB team evaluations at $2.1 billion continues to prosper courtesy of the last guy Aaron hired. Terence Moore, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Only after the re-establishment of the Austrian Republic and the end of four-power occupation in 1955 did Vienna begin to fully prosper and reinvent itself as the international capital. Angus Robertson, The Week, 2 Aug. 2022 Shell reported record earnings for the second consecutive quarter on Thursday, as the energy giant continues to prosper from high oil and gas prices spurred by the war in Ukraine and other factors. BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 But El Monte clawed its way back and was starting to prosper until the pandemic, which put some development projects on hold and hit essential workers and Latino residents particularly hard. Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022 Apply the diversity of enablement in providing training, coaching and tools to prepare your team and aid them to prosper in the virtual and hybrid world. Britta Lorenz, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 Like the scientists who study them, fungi prosper in even the smallest and most inhospitable niches, from the bottom of the sea to the cracks in wood flooring. Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English prosperen, borrowed from Anglo-French prosperer "to promote, foster, be fortunate or successful," borrowed from Latin prosperāre "to cause to succeed, further" (Medieval Latin also, in passive, "to be granted success, succeed"), verbal derivative of prosperus "agreeable to one's wishes, successful, prosperous"

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

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The first known use of prosper was in the 14th century

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