thrive

[Thrive]

To thrive is to do well or flourish. If your new cookie delivery business thrives, you'll be rolling in dough not literally, of course.

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To posper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.

Verb
grow stronger; "The economy was booming"

Verb
gain in wealth


v. i.
To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.

v. i.
To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.

v. i.
To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.


Thrive

Thrive , v. i. [imp. Throve or Thrived ; p. p. Thrived or Thriven ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.] [OE. riven, Icel. r'c6fask; probably originally, to grasp for one's self, from r'c6fa to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. Thrift.] 1. To posper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.
Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.
2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success. "They by vices thrive." Sandys.
O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives?
And so she throve and prospered.
3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.

To posper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.

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Usage Examples

Too small is our world to allow discrimination, bigotry and intolerance to thrive in any corner of it, let alone in the United States of America.

I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive.

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.

In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive.

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.

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Other Usage Examples

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.

Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.

Together, we can create a world in which peace is real in which every human being can thrive in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty.

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