thrive

English

Etymology

From Old Norse þrífask, from þrifa (“grasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /θraɪv/

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

thrive (third-person singular simple present thrives, present participle thriving, simple past throve or thrived, past participle thriven or thrived)

1. To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.

   • 1819: “It seems to me, reverend father,” said the knight, “that the small morsels which you eat, together with this holy, but somewhat thin beverage, have thriven with you marvellously.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

2. To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.

   Since expanding in June, the business has really thrived.

   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”:

     Though they obviously realized that these episodes were part of something wonderful and important and lasting, the writers and producers couldn’t have imagined that 20 years later “Treehouse Of Horror” wouldn’t just survive; it’d thrive as one of the most talked-about and watched episodes of every season of The Simpsons.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:prosper

Translations

to increase in bulk or stature

• Arabic: ظَهَرَ (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繁榮 (cmn), 繁荣 (cmn) (fánróng)

• Danish: trives (da)
• Finnish: viihtyä (of plants)
• French: prospérer (fr)
• German: gedeihen (de), prosperieren (de), gedeihen (de)

• Japanese: 繁栄する (ja) (はんえいする, han'ei suru)
• Norwegian: blomstre (no)
• Portuguese: prosperar (pt)
• Russian: процветать (ru) (procvetát'), благоденствовать (ru) (blagodénstvovat')
• Spanish: prosperar (es), crecer (es)
• Turkish: gelişmek (tr), inkişaf etmek (tr)

to prosper by industry

• Arabic: اِزْدَهَرَ (ar), أَهَلَّ (ar), أَنْجَحَ (ar), أَضَاءَ (ar), أَبْلَجَ (ar), زَهَرَ (ar), زَهَرَ (ar)
• Finnish: menestyä (fi)
• French: prospérer (fr)
• German: aufblühen (de), blühen (de), florieren (de)

• Italian: prosperare (it)
• Russian: расцветать (ru) (rascvetatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: prosperirati (sh)
• Spanish: prosperar (es)
• Turkish: büyümek (tr), işi iyi gitmek (tr), zenginleşmek (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: dafna