prosper

«prosper» in Mova's school dictionary: To be successful, especially to grow rich or do well over… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (prosper, prospers, prospered, prospering)

meaning for a pupil

1) To be successful, especially to grow rich or do well over time. tree →

2) To grow strongly and be healthy, like plants or animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history, geography and RE lessons: towns prospered from trade, farms prosper with good harvests. In Bible and blessing language: «May you prosper». Common in stories: «The village prospered after the bridge was built».

examples

• The town prospered when the railway came. tree →
• Her business prospered and she opened another shop. tree →
• The plants prospered in the warm greenhouse. tree →
• «Live long and prosper» is a famous line from Star Trek. tree →
• The Romans prospered by trading across their empire. tree →
• The Bible often speaks of people who prosper because they trust God. tree →
• That merchant's business began to prosper wonderfully. tree →

note

Regular verb, no object (the town prospers). Related: prosperous (adjective), prosperity (noun). Opposite: struggle, fail, decline.

In the corpora

• Proverbs 28:13: "Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy."
• "Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).
• And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?
• Observe therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may make all that ye do to prosper.
• Behold, My servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prosper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.