What does prosper mean?

Definitions for prosper
ˈprɒs pərpros·per

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. thrive, prosper, fly high, flourishverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. prosperverb

    To favor; to render successful.

  2. prosperverb

    To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

  3. prosperverb

    To grow; to increase.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To PROSPERverb

    To make happy; to favour.

    Etymology: prospero, Lat.

    Kind gods, forgive
    Me that, and prosper him. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    All things concur to prosper our design;
    All things to prosper any love but mine. Dryden.

  2. To Prosperverb

    Etymology: prosperer, Fr.

    My word shall not return void, but accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Is.

    This man encreased by little and little, and things prospered with him more and more. 2 Mac. viii. 8.

    Surer to prosper, than prosperity
    Could have assur’d us. John Milton.

    All things do prosper best, when they are advanced to the better; a nursery of stocks ought to be in a more barren ground, than that whereunto you remove them. Francis Bacon.

    The plants, which he had set, did thrive and prosper. Abraham Cowley.

    She visits how they prosper’d, bud, and bloom. John Milton.

ChatGPT

  1. prosper

    To prosper means to succeed, thrive, or flourish, especially in terms of wealth, social status, or overall well-being. It can refer to various areas, including financial, personal, or professional life. This can occur either through a person's efforts or fortunate circumstances.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prosperverb

    to favor; to render successful

  2. Prosperverb

    to be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain

  3. Prosperverb

    to grow; to increase

  4. Etymology: [F. prosprer v. i., or L. prosperare, v. i., or L. prosperare, v. t., fr. prosper or prosperus. See Prosperous.]

Wikidata

  1. Prosper

    Prosper is a wealthy suburban town located in Collin and Denton counties within the state of Texas, United States. The Town of Prosper is located within the Dallas- Fort Worth metropolitan area.The median single-family home price is $401,000. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,423. As of 2013, the estimated population is close to 15,000.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Prosper

    pros′pėr, v.t. to make fortunate or happy: (B.) to make to prosper.—v.i. to be successful: to succeed: to turn out well.—n. Prosper′ity, the state of being prosperous: success: good fortune.—adj. Pros′perous, according to hope: in accordance with one's wishes: making good progress: favourable: successful.—adv. Pros′perously.—n. Pros′perousness. [L. prosper, prosperuspro, in accordance with, spes, hope.]

CrunchBase

  1. Prosper

    Prosper is America’s first peer-to-peer lending marketplace, with more than 1.9 million members and over $632,000,000 in funded loans. Prosper allows people to invest in each other in a way that is financially and socially rewarding. On Prosper, borrowers list loan requests between $2,000 and $35,000 and individual lenders invest as little as $25 in each loan listing they select. In addition to credit scores, ratings, and histories, investors can consider borrowers’ personal loan descriptions, endorsements from friends, and community affiliations. Prosper handles the servicing of the loan on behalf of the matched borrowers and investors. Prosper Marketplace, Inc. is run by CEO, Stephan Vermut, President, Aaron Vermut, and Head of Global Institutional Sales, Ron Suber. Steve and Aaron Vermut are the founders and former managing partners of Merlin Securities, a prime brokerage service based on cutting-edge technology. Prosper Marketplace, Inc.'s investors include Sequoia Capital and BlackRock.Prosper Marketplace, Inc. is using the Prosper logo and brand with the permission of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Prosper Funding LLC.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PROSPER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Prosper is ranked #19878 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Prosper surname appeared 1,352 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Prosper.

    62.9% or 851 total occurrences were Black.
    22% or 298 total occurrences were White.
    11.4% or 155 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.9% or 40 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prosper in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prosper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of prosper in a Sentence

  1. Chief Investment Officer Brian Weinstein:

    We're going to start buying again from Prosper over the next couple of weeks, it's the tighter models and the higher rates that are really driving our decision.

  2. Hillary Clinton for president:

    As a lifelong fighter for children and families, I am deeply honored to have earned the endorsement of the National Education Association and their nearly 3 million members, the teachers and educators of the NEA shape our future. NEA members work hard every day to provide the education and support our children need to grow and prosper.

  3. Werley Nortreus:

    Haitians are being punished for being the first black nation that helped and Taught many countries how to get their freedom. Through the years, Haiti is being punished for the liberation of many slaves around the world. Unfortunately, that's why they don't want Haiti to prosper.

  4. Sakchai Sriboonsue:

    This year there will be enough water, rice will be abundant and cereals and fruit bountiful, foreign trade will grow and the economy will prosper.

  5. Theodore Roosevelt:

    Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for the future.

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