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- [thrahyv]
- /θraɪv/
- /θraɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [thrahyv]
- /θraɪv/
Definitions of thrive word
- verb without object thrive to prosper; be fortunate or successful. 1
- verb without object thrive to grow or develop vigorously; flourish: The children thrived in the country. 1
- intransitive verb thrive grow healthily 1
- intransitive verb thrive business 1
- intransitive verb thrive baby 1
- verb thrive If someone or something thrives, they do well and are successful, healthy, or strong. 0
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Origin of thrive
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English thriven < Old Norse thrīfast to thrive, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Thrive
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thrive popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thrive usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thrive
verb thrive
- abound — If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.
- advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
- batten — A batten is a long strip of wood that is fixed to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.
- bear fruit — plant: produce fruit
adv thrive
- auspiciously — promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
adjective thrive
- failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
adverb thrive
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
- opportunely — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
Antonyms for thrive
verb thrive
- crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
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