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US
/ˈpɹɑspɝəs/
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[ UK /pɹˈɒspəɹəs/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɒspəɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
his family is well-situated financially
easy living
well-to-do members of the community
a prosperous family -
presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
a favorable time to ask for a raise
lucky stars
a prosperous moment to make a decision -
marked by peace and prosperity
the halcyon days of the clipper trade
a golden era -
very lively and profitable
a palmy time for stockbrokers
flourishing businesses
did a thriving business in orchids
a prosperous new business
a thriving tourist center
doing a roaring trade
How To Use prosperous In A Sentence
- Our ambition is to build a prosperous, inclusive and outward-looking country. Times, Sunday Times
- The relationship with her mother, Zippora, née Assur, the daughter of a prosperous merchant family, who had never attended school, became more and more difficult. Fanny Lewald.
- The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful.
- This is just a short note to wish you all a very successful, productive and prosperous New Year.
- I remind the Minister that Gateshead is far from being one of Britain's most prosperous towns.
- Behind Luff has soccer association president after all the tribulus prosperous uneven standard support.
- Their city, known as the `Athens of the Midwest," was civic-minded, proud, and increasingly prosperous. ISAAC CAMPION
- The inscription above the arch, "To a happy and prosperous entrance," seemed a mockery in the old douanier days, when delays and extortions vexed the soul of the visitor, and produced a mood anything but favourable to the enjoyment of the Eternal City. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
- Rising waters would uproot prosperous farmers from the fertile riverbanks, forcing an estimated 100,000 people to move to higher ground where they could no longer plant corn and wheat.
- Rather a major problem is that the financial gap between the prosperous and poorer classes has been widening.
