Definitions of thrive [ˈθrɪv ən]

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Definition of 'thrive'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) thrive
to prosper; be successful.

2. thrive
to grow or develop vigorously; flourish.

Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < ON thrīfast to thrive, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp)

Definition of 'thrive'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) boom, thrive, flourish, expand
grow vigorously
"The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

2. (verb) thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
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"

Definition of 'thrive'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) thrive
to be very healthy, happy, or successful
a thriving rain forest; The new company is thriving.

Definition of 'thrive'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) thrive
to prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry

2. (verb) thrive
to prosper in any business; to have increase or success

3. (verb) thrive
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

Translation of 'thrive'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to grow strong and healthy Children thrive on milk; The business is thriving.
Afrikaans: gedy	Arabic: ينْجَح، يَزْدَهِر	Bulgarian: процъфтявам
Brazilian: desenvolver-se	Czech: prospívat	German: gedeihen
Danish: trives	Greek: αναπτύσσομαι, ευδοκιμώ	Spanish: crecer mucho; prosperar
Estonian: kosuma, edenema	Farsi: رشد کردن؛ رونق یافتن	Finnish: kukoistaa
French: prospérer	Hebrew: לְשַׂגשֵׂג	Hindi: समृद्ध होना
Croatian: rasti, napredovati	Hungarian: növekszik	Indonesian: makin kuat, tampak sehat
Icelandic: þrífast, dafna	Italian: prosperare; crescere	Japanese: 栄える
Korean: 무럭무럭 자라다	Lithuanian: klestėti, tarpti	Latvian: augt; plaukt; zelt
Malay: berkembang maju	Dutch: gedijen	Norwegian: (stor)trives, blomstre
Polish: dobrze się rozwijać	Portuguese: desenvolver-se	Romanian: a creşte; a prospera
Russian: набираться сил; расцветат	Slovak: prosperovať	Slovenian: uspevati
Serbian: imati uspeha	Swedish: frodas, trivas, blomstra,	Thai: เจริญเติบโตดี
Turkish: gelişmek	Taiwanese: 茁壯成長	Ukrainian: розквітати; процвітати
Urdu: پھلنا پھولنا	Vietnamese: phát triển tốt	Chinese: 茁壮成长，兴旺
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