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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#m1)

2) To grow strongly and be healthy, like plants or animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#x1)
- Her business prospered and she opened another shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#x2)
- The plants prospered in the warm greenhouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#x3)
- «Live long and prosper» is a famous line from Star Trek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#x4)
- The Romans prospered by trading across their empire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#x5)
- The Bible often speaks of people who prosper because they trust God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#x6)
- That merchant's business began to prosper wonderfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/#x7)

### 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."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend/14/)
- ["Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book/6/)
- [And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.564/)
- [Observe therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may make all that ye do to prosper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.814/)
- [Behold, My servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1169/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prosper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.