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# thrive

«thrive» in Mova's school dictionary: **To grow strong and healthy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (thrive, thrives, thrived or throve, thrived or thriven, thriving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To grow strong and healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#m1)

2) To do very well, be successful and happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#m2)

3) (in «thrive on») To enjoy and do well because of something that others might find hard: «she thrives on challenges». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, plants thrive with light, water and good soil; animals thrive in the right habitat. In everyday life a child thrives at a new school; businesses thrive. Phrases: «thrive in», «thrive on», «a thriving town», «thrive under pressure».

### examples

- Tomatoes thrive in warm, sunny places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x1)
- Penguins thrive in cold water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x2)
- Our class garden is thriving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x3)
- My sister thrives on hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x4)
- The little puppy thrived on good food and love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x5)
- The town thrived after the new railway came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x6)
- Children thrive when they feel safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x7)
- The cattle are thriving; the fields are thick with corn, and soon they will be ripe for harvest.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrive/#x8)

### note

Past: «thrived» is usual now; «throve» is old or literary. Adjective: «thriving» (busy and successful). Opposite: «struggle», «wither», «decline». «Thrive» is stronger than «survive»: surviving is just staying alive, thriving is doing really well.

### Trees and pragmatics

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