Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: prosper
IPA transcription: [pɹ'ɑspɚ]
Pronunciations of prosper
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: thrive, prosper, fly_high, flourish
    Meaning: make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving"
Usage examples
  • "May you prosper!"
  • Go on and prosper!'
  • If it is, we'll build a fine new building for it; if it don't seem to prosper, we'll give you back the shed.
  • Business success in the long run, is so strongly based upon mutual confidence and trust, that, especially in these later days of credit organization, the dishonest man or even the tricky man cannot prosper long.
  • But there is a proverb people use which says, 'To play the prince is hard, to play the minister not easy.' Assuming that it is understood that 'to play the prince is hard,' would it not be probable that with that one sentence the country should be made to prosper?"
  • The shock of her brief interview with her brother over, reflection assured her, knowing all she did, that Stanley's wooing would prosper, and so this cause of quarrel had really nothing in it; no, nothing but a display of his temper and morals--not very astonishing, after all--and, like an ugly picture or a dreadful dream, in no way to affect her after-life, except as an odious remembrance.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George H. W. Bush, License CC BY-SA 4.0