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adjective
Date: 1604
characterized by success or prosperity <a thriving business> • thrivingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
thriving
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thriving — thriving; un·thriving; … English syllables
thriving — index cumulative (increasing), prosperous, successful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
thriving — [adj] successful advancing, arrived, blooming, booming, burgeoning, cooking*, developing, doing well, flourishing, going strong*, growing, have it made*, have the wherewithal*, healthy, home free*, on top of heap*, progressing, prolific,… … New thesaurus
thriving — thrive thrive [θraɪv] verb thrived PASTTENSE or throve [θrəʊv ǁ θroʊv] thrived PASTPART [intransit … Financial and business terms
thriving — thri|ving [ˈθraıvıŋ] adj a thriving company, business etc is very successful ▪ a thriving tourist industry … Dictionary of contemporary English
thriving — adjective a thriving company, business etc is very successful: a thriving tourist industry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
thriving — adjective very lively and profitable (Freq. 2) flourishing businesses a palmy time for stockbrokers a prosperous new business doing a roaring trade a thriving tourist center did a thriving business in orchids … Useful english dictionary
Thriving — Thrive Thrive (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. {Throve} (thr[=o]v) or {Thrived} (thr[imac]vd); p. p. {Thrived} or {Thriven} (thr[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Thriving}.] [OE. [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to grasp for one s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thriving — adj. Thriving is used with these nouns: ↑black market, ↑business, ↑colony, ↑community, ↑economy, ↑industry, ↑market, ↑shopping centre, ↑town, ↑trade … Collocations dictionary
thriving — thriv|ing [ θraıvıŋ ] adjective very successful: It has become a thriving business center … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
